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phantasmagoria

(n): a constantly changing medley of real or imagined images (as in a dream)
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9 months ago yarb said:

Also the title of a dodgy eighties goth-rock album by The Damned.

9 months ago chained_bear said:

My favorite usage: Steven Pinker's
"the half-million-word phantasmagoria of the English language."

10 months ago faraway said:

*nodding*

10 months ago Arkracer said: It's nice

A nice word to upset others in converse; they have heard the word, but don't know the meaning, and thus nod along trying to avoid using it.

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