forced sneezing
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Phonolocation is the use of laryngeal sounds to locate oneself in the world. Throat clearances and coughs signal one’s attentive presence, and any response indicates the likelihood of immediate contact with the responder. Phonolocation, forced sneezes, face masks and nose picking, that is rhinotillexis, can be used to keep philistinism and pseudo-conversation at a distance.
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Conversation.
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To be or not to be. 