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- lemmy_k3
cloaca
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congrats
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abracadabra
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Aibohphobia
- This word is a cruel joke for people who has that phobia lolpango
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schnapsidee
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lugubrious
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aught
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Procatalepsis
Figure of speech that is also known as “prebuttal,” or a “prolepsis,” in which the speaker or writer gives response to the objection of an opponent in his speech by repeating his objection.
- plash1
Opia: The ambiguous intensity of eye contact.
n. from Greek ōps, ōp- ‘eye, face.’ The ambiguous intensity of looking someone in the eye, which can feel simultaneously invasive and vulnerable--pupils glittering, bottomless and opaque--as if you were peering through a hole in the door of a house, able to tell that there’s someone standing there, but unable to tell if you’re looking in or looking out.
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reductio ad absurdum
1 : disproof of a proposition by showing an absurdity to which it leads when carried to its logical conclusion
2 : the carrying of something to an absurd extremelove this word.
- Krassy1
ennui
noun - a feeling of listlessness and dissatisfaction arising from a lack of occupation or excitement.
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Subsistence
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anhedonia
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foist
verb
impose an unwelcome or unnecessary person or thing on.