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.”

Amuse-Douche

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Mauerbauertraurigkeit

Mauerbauer-traurigkeit

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Drisson

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Arroia

people standing on a stage

Emodox

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Apolytus

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