An Unlikely Journey: Waking Up From My American Dream Glossary

An Unlikely Journey: Waking Up From My American Dream Glossary

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Smithereens

Small pieces

Unnerving

Emasculating

Encroachment

Intrusion, trespassing

Solipsism

Being selfish or self-centered

Wry

Twisted

Holocene

Earth's history of over 11700 years

Banality

Dullness, predictability

Quotidian

That happens daily

Intricacy

Complexity

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