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.”

Fool’s Guilt

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Altschmerz

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Wellium

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Sayfish

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Flichtish

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Vicarous

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Trueholding

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Solysium

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1202

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Manusia

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Desanté

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Typifice

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Loss Of Backing

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Lyssamania

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Liberosis

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The Giltwrights

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Endzoned

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Viadne

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Hem-Jawed

an abstract image of someone touching their face

Antiophobia

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Insoucism

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Volander

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Merrenness

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The Wends

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Manusia

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On Tenderhooks

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Suerza

a tunnel with a light emanating from the end