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.

Fitching

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Heartmoor

a campfire with a kettle many small logs

Enterhood

adults with stern expressions holding a child

Anticious

a group of men in hats looking at elevated signage

The Wends

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Merrenness

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