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SPOOK
Spook is a mental
representation of some haunting experience. It is
also a more informal representation of a ghost or specter.
Their specific goal is to frighten or alarm people by
haunting their immediate surroundings.The name spook was
first noted around 1867 in the sense of "to walk or act like
a ghost" whereas the meaning "to unnerve" dates from around
1935. So it appears that spooks have gotten scarier
over time!
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Be silent in that
solitude,
Which is not loneliness - for then
The spirits of the dead, who stood
In life before thee, are again
In death around thee, and their will
Shall overshadow thee; be still.
Edgar Allen Poe, Spirits of the
Dead
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