Hobsmacked

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Hobsmacked

adj.
suddenly aware of how limited your social circles really are; that although your immediate environment feels like a microcosm of society, it’s more like a bag of exotic fish floating on the surface of a huge aquarium, which is teeming with a million shadowy subcultures that you’d be stunned to see up close.

From hobnob, to mix socially + gobsmacked, astounded.

Dead Reckoning

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Exulansis

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Ironsick

a group of random devices

Funkenzwangsvorstellung

Funkenzwang-svorstellung

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Wenbane

a person standing on a ledge looking at a city skyline

Moriturism

a person resting in the back seat of a car