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+import pandas as pd
+from os import listdir
+from os.path import isfile, join
+from tqdm.notebook import tqdm
+
+def read_lexicon(name):
+    return pd.read_csv("lexicons\\"+ name +".tsv", names=["word", "so", "sd"], header=None, sep="\t", engine="python")
+
+def list_lexicons():
+    return pd.Series([f[:-4] for f in listdir("lexicons") if isfile(join("lexicons", f))]).sort_values()
+
+def read_all_lexicons():
+    return [read_lexicon(name) for name in tqdm(list_lexicons(), desc="Reading lexicons from disk")]
+
+games_list = ["gaming", "Smite", "skyrim", "PS4", "xboxone", "Eve"]
+sports_list = ["sports", "hockey", "Fitness", "baseball", "MMA", "bicycling"]
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