Future-Tense

a person looking at their reflection

Future-Tense

adj.
sensing the judgment of your future self looking over your shoulder—chuckling at your well-laid plans or clutching their pearls at the risky move you’re about to make—which leaves you faintly wary of their opinion, even though you know they’d take your place in a heartbeat.

From future (the grammatical tense) + tense.

Rookish

a stone tower with a person seated on top

Galagog

a person alone in a snowy desolate landscape

Boorance

a group of objects on a table

Nemotia

a city with clouds of smoke

Ameneurosis

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Pâro

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Mimeomia

a person wearing an animal onesie garment

Ironsick

a group of random devices

Zysia

a kite soaring above an empty landscape

Pax Latrina

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Daguerreologue

Daguer-reologue

a man sitting in blurred silhouette at a desk

Ludiosis

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Tarrion

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