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.”

Liberosis

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Echthesia

blurry image of two clocks

Mogging Folly

a person sitting on a bench

Ellipsism

a hand clawing at a wall

Grayshift

a spiral staircase from above

Heartspur

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