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.”

Addleworth

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Nighthawk

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Wellium

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Altschmerz

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Mcfeely

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Malotype

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The Giltwrights

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Desanté

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Trueholding

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Nementia

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Viadne

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Keep

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Fool’s Guilt

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Hiddled

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Maugry

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Elsing

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Ioia

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Vicarous

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Aulasy

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Fawtle

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Siso

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Fitching

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Hobsmacked

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Nullness

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Funkenzwangsvorstellung

Funkenzwang-svorstellung

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Hiddled

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Merrenness

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