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Vulture Shock

The nagging sense that no matter how many days you spend exploring a foreign country, you never quite…
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Inerrata

A kind of mistake you wouldn’t take back even if you could; the reluctance to disown a broken…
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Hanker Sore

Finding a person so attractive it actually kinda pisses you off. Coined by John Koenig in The Dictionary…
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Looseleft

Feeling a sense of loss upon finishing a good book, sensing the weight of the back cover locking…
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Aulasy

The sadness that there’s no way to convey a powerful memory to people who weren’t there at the…
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Etterath

The feeling of emptiness after a long and arduous process is finally complete—having finished school, recovered from surgery,…
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Amicy

The mystery of what goes on behind the scenes of your social life, wondering about all the back…
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Watashiato

The curiosity about the impact you’ve had on the lives of the people you know, wondering which of…
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The Tilt Shift

A phenomenon in which your lived experience seems oddly inconsequential once you put it down on paper, which…
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Dream Fever

The intense heat on the skin of a sleeping person, a radioactive byproduct of an idle mind humming…