Evertheless

a person floating in water

Evertheless

n.
the fear that this is ultimately as good as your life is ever going to get—that the ebb and flow of your fortunes is actually just now hitting its high-water mark, and soon enough you’ll sense the tide of life slowly begin to recede.

From ever + nevertheless. Pronounced “ev-er-thuh-les.”

Viadne

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Hemeisis

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Mogging Folly

a person sitting on a bench

Kadot

a person looking at an abstract spiral

Hiddled

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Wytai

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