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Petrichor - “A pleasant, distinctive smell frequently accompanying the first rain after a long period of warm, dry weather in certain regions.” (Oxford English Dictionary)
Cromulent -uncertain, possibly "acceptable," or "fine"
https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/internets-favorite-words/cromulent
Embiggen - Notes and Queries from 1884, meaning "to make great."
Idiocracy - government by idiots
Vellichor - the strange wistfulness of used bookstores
Paraprosdokian - a figure of speech in which the end of the sentence is surprising, or causes the reader to reinterpret the first part.
Interrobang - ‽ (?!)
Triskaidekaphobia - fear of the number 13
Schadenfreude = a synonym, epicaricacy - malicious enjoyment obtained from the troubles of others
Callipygian - having shapely buttocks
Antidisestablishmentarianism - ”Properly, opposition to the disestablishment of the Church of England”


ooooooh The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, by John Koenig
https://www.dictionaryofobscuresorrows.com/#_=_
It hurts my eyes.
books
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