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The gut's veto on something the mind hasn't finished arguing about yet.

means A deep, instinctive disgust or aversion to something you find morally or physically intolerable.

from From Latin repugnare, to fight back, blending re- (against) and pugnare (to fight) — the same root as pugnacious. Your loathing literally throws punches.

Built-in brawlerShares its fist with pugilist and impugn.
Body firstOften felt as physical recoil before reasoning catches up.
Old grammarOnce meant logical contradiction, not just disgust.
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