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acromania

being uncontrollably mad about heights

acrophile

someone who is fond of heights

acrophobia

the extreme or irrational fear of heights

altonaut

someone who enjoys urban height

cliff dweller

a resident of the apartment buildings that gave the streets in New York and Chicago the appearance of a canyon

condo kid

a young child who grows up in a skyscraper because his parents prefer the city center to the suburbs

familyscraper

a skyscraper that is primarily designed around family life

head for heights

not being affected by heights

heightliker

alternative name for an acrophile

medionaire

a millionaire who doesn’t feel like being a millionaire

neckerbender

urban tourists who are constantly looking up

skyscraperist

an expedient skyscraper buff

skyscrapologist

a skyscraperist who takes himself quite seriously

skyshaper

anyone who is somehow professionally involved in the business of skyscrapers

skytalker

someone who likes to talk about skyscrapers and supports the continuous development of our language by suggesting new terms and improving existing ones

spacescraper

a skyscraper with multiple types of space on the facade

steel monkey

workers who build steel-framed skyscrapers

sunny-sider

someone who lives on the sunny side of a skyscraper

towerist

a tourist with a keen interest in skyscrapers, cities, and skylines

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vertigo

the non-frightening feeling of dizziness caused by looking down from a great height