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• mathwash
  Word · Fred Benenson
• promnesia
  Word · Frederic W. H. Myers
• telepathy
  Word · Frederic W. H. Myers
• apollonian
  Word · Friedrich Nietzsche
• dionysian
  Word · Friedrich Nietzsche
• supernova
  Word · Fritz Zwicky
• consequentialism
  Word · G. E. M. Anscombe
• scare quote
  Phrase · G. E. M. Anscombe
• lazy girl job
  Phrase · Gabrielle Judge
• suicidal empathy
  Phrase · Gad Saad
• Protestant Buddhism
  Phrase · Gananath Obeyesekere
• poset
  Word · Garrett Birkhoff
• anatidaephobia
  Word · Gary Larson
• thagomizer
  Word · Gary Larson
• La Brea
  Phrase · Gaspar de Portolá
• blurb
  Word · Gelett Burgess
• bromide
  Word · Gelett Burgess
• eggcorn
  Word · Geoffrey K. Pullum
• bardolatry
  Word · George Bernard Shaw
• voodoo economics
  Phrase · George H. W. Bush
• Anakin
  Word · George Lucas
• Ewok
  Word · George Lucas
• Jedi
  Word · George Lucas
• Mandalorian
  Word · George Lucas
• nerfherder
  Word · George Lucas
• padawan
  Word · George Lucas
• Sith
  Word · George Lucas
• all animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others
  Phrase · George Orwell
• crimethink
  Word · George Orwell
• double-plus-good
  Word · George Orwell
• double-plus-ungood
  Word · George Orwell
• doubleplus-
  Word · George Orwell
• doublethink
  Word · George Orwell
• duckspeak
  Word · George Orwell
• facecrime
  Word · George Orwell
• goodthink
  Word · George Orwell
• goodthinkful
  Word · George Orwell
• memory hole
  Phrase · George Orwell
• more equal
  Phrase · George Orwell
• Newspeak
  Word · George Orwell

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