Incidental Contact High

Incidental Contact High

n.
an innocuous touch by someone just doing their job—a barber, yoga instructor, or friendly waitress—that you find more meaningful than you’d like to admit; a feeling of connection so stupefyingly simple it makes you wonder if aspiring novelists would be better off just offering people a hug.

In sports, incidental contact is a glancing touch that doesn’t rise to the level of a foul. A contact high is when you feel the effects of a drug vicariously.

Zverism

Amoransia

Immerensis

Dolorblindness

Fardle-Din

Anderance

On Tenderhooks

The Kinder Surprise

Hanker Sore

Querinous

Attriage

Sitheless

Redesis

Fata Organa

Rivener

Heartworm

Falesia

Querinous

Keyframe

a large rock in the water with emanating ripples

Beloiter

a person sitting at a slot machine

Monachopsis

Achenia

a close-up of a bottle with an organic object inside

Fitzcarraldo

Mal De Coucou

a blurry image of several men

Affogatia

miscellaneous items on a table

The Unsharp Mask

a mirror with a reflection of a person