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November 2020

Welcome to the Frightgeist
When fear is your constant companion...
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October 2020

Zoombie
A modern phenomenon, born of extended homeworking due to coronavirus.
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Shelf-Aggrandizement
A relatively new phenomenon – shelf aggrandizement is the act of positioning oneself in front of the most impressive selection of erudite literature as…
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April 2020

Poormanteau
A particularly weak or low-quality instance of a portmanteau, e.g.
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January 2020

Resolution Recycling
Happy New Year!
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December 2019

Bubble of Obliviousness
Self-awareness is what separates us from the beasts.
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Sticknorance
The absolute conviction of some individuals who feel that they have been dealt a poor hand by the universe, or often an emergent phenomenon of the…
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Precrastination
Relaxation Anxiety is a subtle and cunning subversion of sensible behavior.
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August 2019

BA
See Battery Anxiety
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Residual Parental Guilt
You do your best to raise them and then send them out into the world, knowing that you have done all that you possibly can to prepare them.
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Litmus of Limitation
We all generally feel that we are locked at some notional age, perhaps in our early twenties, but how does one establish when youth has decided to sneak…
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