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What is zemblanity?

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∙ 13y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

Zemblanity means somewhat the opposite of serendipity: "making unhappy, unlucky and expected discoveries occurring by design". A zemblanity is, effectively, an "unpleasant unsurprise".

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