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.”

Furosha

a storm raging in the sky over a building

Nullness

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Archimony

a person looking at broken furniture

Ecury

a close-up of cave drawings and symbols

Gobo

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Sayfish

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