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historicide 

The murder of history; accomplished when a historian leans too far to the postmodernist/relativist or too far to the scientific/objectivist side of the spectrum.
Gibbon nearly committed historicide back there. Thank goodness Ranke has sorted us all out.
historicide by Zagaloo November 25, 2009
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historicism

Phenology in which the process-of-ontologization (making-of) of an object demonstrates itself in the final object as a narrative (motif (product)).

Part of the historicist (heuristicist) sequence: materialism, constructivism, and substantivism (substantialism).
"Heuristicism is a morpheme of the word "historicism."
historicism by tomorrowtomorrow January 20, 2019

historicality 

A word used in the game "Baldi's Basics
Historicality
historicality by Goofy Ahh Boy April 30, 2023
Fogey/fogy /fougi/ sl. (early 18C+, orig. Scot) old-fashioned, stuck-in-the mud.
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. Penguin Books,1992. p. 38)
fogey by Petyush September 14, 2005
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Add a tablespoon of jarlic to two teaspoons of butter and spread it in bread to make garlic bread
Jarlic by YSAC fanboy June 6, 2020
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An armpit enthusiast — typically of the scent, appearance, and touch of hairy underarms.
That dude’s such a pitpig, I have to wear deodorant to keep him at bay.
Pitpig by wimbledon May 28, 2026
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