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Fernweh

[Lockdown] A compound of the German words fern, or distance, and wehe, an ache or sickness, fernweh is “a pain to see far-flung places beyond our doorstep,” according to the BBC. It’s that ennui you feel as you wistfully scroll through travel websites or take a virtual tour of the Louvre from your laundry-strewn quarantine.

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