Flichtish

Flichtish

adj.
nervously aware how much of your self-image is based on untested assumptions about yourself—only ever guessing how you’d react to a violent threat, a sudden windfall, a huge responsibility, or being told to do something you knew was wrong.

North Frisian flicht, maybe. Pronounced “flik-tish.”

Symptomania

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Malotype

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Insoucism

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Nementia

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Emodox

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Mcfeely

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Maugry

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The Whipgraft Delusion

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The Wends

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Vaucasy

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The Meantime

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Keep

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Fitching

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Deep Gut

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Addleworth

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The Kinder Surprise

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Wildred

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Leidenfreude

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Beloiter

a person sitting at a slot machine

Craxis

a tall house of cards

Pâro

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Nyctous

a person walking in the middle of a street

Ludiosis

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Aubadoir

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