Ecstatic Shock

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Ecstatic Shock

n.
a surge of energy upon catching a glance from someone you like, which scrambles your ungrounded circuits and tempts you to chase after that feeling with a kite and a key.

From ecstatic, deliriously happy + static shock, a charge of potential energy that builds up invisibly until it sparks across the air.

Fardle-Din

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Fata Organa

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Moledro

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Immerensis

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Dolorblindness

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Fensiveness

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Foilsick

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On Tenderhooks

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Hanker Sore

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Sitheless

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Mornden

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Amoransia

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Antiophobia

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Hickering

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Semaphorism

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Flashover

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Dorgone

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Halfwise

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Beloiter

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Foilsick

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Wellium

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Funkenzwangsvorstellung

Funkenzwang-svorstellung

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Plata Rasa

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Pâro

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Fitching

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Daguerreologue

Daguer-reologue

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