Dorgone

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Dorgone

adj.
wondering if you could slip away from an event or group conversation without anyone noticing your absence.

Old Norse dár, benumbed + forgone, to have already left or abstained. Pronounced “dohr-gon.”

Nilous

a person standing at a bus terminal

Ironsick

a group of random devices

Future-Tense

a person looking at their reflection

Starlorn

snow flakes in the dark

Austice

a leaf imprint in the mud

Mottleheaded

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