Fawtle

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Fawtle

n.
a weird little flaw built into your partner that somehow only endears them more to you, in the way that impurities dissolved in water are what allow it to conduct electricity—if all the imperfections were removed, there would be no spark.

Middle English fawteles, without a defect. Pronounced “faw-tuhl.”

Fawtle

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Lilo

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Skidding

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Watashiato

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Zverism

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Bye-Over

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Amoransia

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Fensiveness

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Soufrise

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Hickering

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Thrapt

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On Tenderhooks

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Suente

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Rivener

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La Gaudière

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Hubilance

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Semaphorism

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The Mcfly Effect

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Star-Stuck

a man walking towards a door with a large question mark

Offtides

close-up of a chromed metal object

Elsewise

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Aftergloom

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Nemotia

a city with clouds of smoke

Kuebiko

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Keyframe

a large rock in the water with emanating ripples

Nilous

a person standing at a bus terminal

Wenbane

a person standing on a ledge looking at a city skyline