When you make a mistake in a text message due to a lack of thumb dexterity.

A fear you might run out of reading material.

Petty actions and mannerisms of pompous, ineffectual government officials.

Someone who uses long, multisyllabic words.

The response to an apology, either positive or negative.

A politician who is guided by personal advantage rather than principles.

Having no cash or money on your person.

Someone who enjoys finding fault with others/things around them.

Devising or choosing of names for things, specifically in science.

The subtle but persistent feeling of being out of place.

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Thumbo
The action when you pull the trigger on a gun with your thumb.
When someone has overly large thumbs and Disney makes a film about it.
When you make a mistake in a text message due to a lack of thumb dexterity.
A colloquial name for dyspraxia.
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Abibliophobia
A fear you might run out of reading material.
A fear that there might be a spider in the book you are reading.
A fear of religious texts.
A fear of the quietness of libraries.
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Bumbledom
Someone who feels powerless to stop something happening.
Petty actions and mannerisms of pompous, ineffectual government officials.
Someone stumbling over their words during a speech.
A place where you feel superior to everyone else.
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Sesquipedalian
A retort you think when someone is talking that you would never use.
The original full name of the pedalo.
A type of flower with red thorns and blue petals.
Someone who uses long, multisyllabic words.
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Antapology
When someone refuses to apologise sincerely.
When a colony of ants feel very sorry for what they have done.
When someone beats you to apologising and you feel small.
The response to an apology, either positive or negative.
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Snollygloster
A type of move in chess which involves knights and pawns.
A politician who is guided by personal advantage rather than principles.
A fictitious creature who bites off uncovered toes whilst children sleep.
A type of fielding formation in cricket.
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Impecunious
Behaving like a child or someone a lot younger than yourself.
The art of revealing no personal details about yourself to your colleagues.
Trying to not draw attention to yourself, resulting only in attention.
Having no cash or money on your person.
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Zoilist
Someone who enjoys finding fault with others/things around them.
A follower of a form of Buddhism in which the earth is sacred.
Someone who enjoys going on package holidays.
A follower of an early form of Judaism, practiced in Saudi Arabia and Iran.
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Nomenclature
Devising or choosing of names for things, specifically in science.
The feeling of something being out of place but not knowing what it is.
The feeling that something is going to go wrong but not knowing when.
The obsession of naming of inanimate objects.
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Monachopsis
What the Lisa had to do to her hair before her portrait.
When your dexterity does not allow you to use chopsticks fluently.
The subtle but persistent feeling of being out of place.
The single person in a group photo of happy couples.

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