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chore-gasm

chore-gasm
 n.— «Most of the tasks are routine. But the trickier ones, like fixing the washing machine or rewiring a lamp, give me great satisfaction, even a tiny burst of pleasure when they are done. Doctors have a name for such responses: “chore-gasms.”» —“If her name were Zelda, it’d be easy” by Chris Erskine Los Angeles Times Apr. 6, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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