Ioia

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Ioia

n.
the wish that you could see statistics overlaid on every person you encounter—checking the signal strength of their compatibility, a measure of their trustworthiness, or even just an emoji that tells you how they’re really feeling.

From the two symbols of binary code, 1 and 0, denoting “on” or “off” + I am. Pronounced “ahy- yo-yuh.”

Punt Kick

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Povism

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Ioia

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Addleworth

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Loss Of Backing

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1202

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The Standard Blues

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Maugry

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Elsing

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Keep

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Symptomania

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Flichtish

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Hiddled

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Mcfeely

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Altschmerz

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Deep Gut

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Candling

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Apolytus

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Elosy

a blurry image of a person in a subway car

1202

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Sitheless

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Licotic

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Nyctous

a person walking in the middle of a street

Daguerreologue

Daguer-reologue

a man sitting in blurred silhouette at a desk

Rivener

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Volander

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Rookish

a stone tower with a person seated on top