Terence McKenna’s Favorite Word List

adumbration: “to vaguely foreshadow

casuistry: “the use of clever but unsound reasoning, especially in relation to moral questions; sophistry”

concrescence: “the coalescence or growing together of parts originally separate”

fardow “the embarrassment you feel when someone else fucks up” (Terence coined this term. Alternate spelling: “fartao”)

gurus geisheis, roshis and rishis: “refers to traditional spiritual authority

malarky @Erik ”meaningless talk; nonsense”

neoteny: “the retention of juvenile features in the adult animal”

yawning grave: “death, stretching its mouth wide, consumes everyone

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