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alphabetical anguish

"Climbin' da walls" level of distress regarding any of a number of "English 26" debacles, including:

banguish: What an explosive-device diffuser feels while trepidatiously operating on said unstable-powderkeg creations, knowing dat they could "go boom" at any moment.
clanguish: How you feel when handling da ringing mechanism of a loud bell, since one slip could cause a harsh/deafening metallic resonance.
danguish: Constant concern dat you will hear a euphemism.

fanguish: What Clarita Haast always felt when her reptile-wrangler hubby was servicing his serpents.
ganguish: What you'll likely feel if you get involved da wrong crowd.
hanguish: What da perpetually-on-da-run King and da Duke suffered because da people whom they'd swindled wanted to treat them to a "necktie party".
Kranguish: What da Duke Of Coffin Castle's right-hand-man guard suffered when Zorn of Zorna tied him up with turk's-head knots.
languish: A real word --- sorry. Means to miserably remain in one spot.
Additional examples of "alphabetical anguish" include:
panguish: What you'll likely suffer from either over-exerting yourself physically or behaving less than honorably or responsibly.
ranguish: Da various startled emotions dat you'd feel if you did indeed slip up regarding da second definition above, not to mention red-faced embarrassment from all of da annoyed glances from nearby fellow humans whose ears were also shockingly assailed wif said humongous cacophony.
sanguish: Ear-grating distress due to one or more horrendously-off-key choir members.
slanguish: What an "old school" English teacher (pun not intended, but I love it!) feels from hearing her students use unrefined word-choices.
spranguish: Da fear of having a crouching creature leap out at you.
'Stanguish: Less-than-confident feelings about having to drive a Ford sports car.
tanguish: Distressed emotions at having to either ingest a strong-flavored comestible, sniff a pungent-odored object, or work with a device dat has one or more protruding components.
Wanguish: Discontent at having to deal wif da "only splash of ad-color in da Wall Street Journal" company.
yanguish: Assorted wound-up emotions from focusing on da "black dot on white background" half of da Chinese circle of opposing energies.
by QuacksO December 21, 2024
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