Aftersome

rows of opaque and clear marbles

Aftersome

adj.
astonished to think back on the bizarre sequence of accidents that brought you to where you are today—as if you’d spent years bouncing down a Plinko pegboard, passing through a million harmless decision points, any one of which might’ve changed everything—which makes your long and winding path feel fated from the start, yet so unlikely as to be virtually impossible.

Swedish eftersom, because.

Moledro

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Austice

a leaf imprint in the mud

Fawtle

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Keep

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Daguerreologue

Daguer-reologue

a man sitting in blurred silhouette at a desk

Fensiveness

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