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yoo-FORR-ee-uh/juːˈfɔːriə/

Euphoria is a feeling of intense happiness or excitement, often not lasting: a wave of euphoria, post-launch euphoria. Elation is the close twin; a good film is not a staffed sitting.

Meaning

A feeling of intense happiness or excitement, often not lasting.

Examples

• “Euphoria after the film does not staff the sitting.”
• “Elation is the close twin. Joy is everyday. A film is comms. A name on the log is cover. Write the name; then screen the film if the spare has still signed in.”

Good to know

Intense, often brief, happiness. Close: elation. A film ≠ a staffed sitting.

Near in meaning

elation, joy, exhilaration

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