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Is there a word for this type of hypersimplification to evoke wonder? If not, can we coin one?

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Awendering

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A few simple words that just turned my reality upside down? I’m sure Germans have one

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Numberwang

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This is definitely Numberwang!

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6 points

Ein aha-erlebnis

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abgefickt?

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Vorshtein?

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Verwunderung?

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Realitätsverschiebung?

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12 points

Saganumenousness.

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My suggestion: Simplificatio Adstupefaciendi - A simplification with the purpose to astonish.

On top of sounding cool it is already astonishing to remember and to be able to spell it!

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Too much like a Harry Potter spell tho

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Releasing the kraken

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2Deep4Me

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