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.

Enterhood

adults with stern expressions holding a child

Moledro

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Redesis

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Nullness

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Affogatia

miscellaneous items on a table

Pax Latrina

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