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Updated: October 14, 2023

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	noun • sexual pleasure obtained by inflicting harm (physical or psychological) on others
	29%	6		"Enjoy, Enjoy!" author
	adjective satellite • having the deep slightly brownish color of gold • marked by peace and prosperity • made from or covered with gold • supremely favored • suggestive of gold • presaging or likely to bring good luck or a good outcome
	28%	5		Enjoy in one another guise of perversion, and enjoy 14
	verb • have smooth relations • get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.) • get up on the back of • grow late or (of time) elapse • appear in a show, on T.V. or radio • develop in a positive way • grow old or older

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