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Querinouskweh-ruh-nuhs

adj. Longing for a sense of certainty in a relationship; wishing there were some way to know ahead of time whether this is the person you're going to wake up next to for twenty thousand mornings in a row, instead of having to count them out one by one, quietly hoping your streak continues.

Etymology

Mandarin t&i\ (quérén), confirmation. Twenty thousand days is roughly fifty-five years.

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