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.

Solla, Solla, Solla

a hand reaching out for plant tendril

Moriturism

a person resting in the back seat of a car

Querinous

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Fygophobia

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Occhiolism

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Foilsick

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