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CULT OF ALONENESS -- the need for autonomy at all costs, usually at the expense of lone-term relationships. often brought about by overly high expectations of others.

MID-TWENTIES BREAKDOWN -- a period of mental collapse occuring in one's twenties, often caused by an inability to function outside of school or structured environments coupled with a realization of one's essential aloneness in the world.

NOW DENIAL -- to tell oneself that the only time worth living in is the past and that the only time that may never be interesting again is the future.

SPECULARISM -- a fascination with extreme situations.

VOTER'S BLOCK -- the attempt, however futile, to register dissent with the current political system by simply not voting.

CONVERSATIONAL SLUMMING -- the self-conscious enjoyment of a given conversation precisely for its lack of intellectual rigor.

OPTION PARALYSIS -- the tendency to, when given unlimited choices, to make none.

GREEN DIVISION -- to know the difference between envy and jealousy.