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.

Star-Stuck

a man walking towards a door with a large question mark

Rivener

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Foilsick

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Emorries

a magnifying glass over photos and books

Aesthosis

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Mogging Folly

a person sitting on a bench