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door-holding-dread

noun /dor-hohl-ding-dred/

The intense regret of initiating a polite gesture too early, trapping yourself in an awkward stance for twenty seconds.

“I suffered deep door-holding-dread while an old man shuffled toward the entrance.”

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/dor-hohl-ding-dred/

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