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.

Nullness

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Amuse-Douche

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Momophobia

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Anaphasia

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Burn Upon Reentry

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Adronitis

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Hemeisis

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Mimeomia

a person wearing an animal onesie garment

Hobsmacked

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Poggled

a person studying a book with a magnifying glass

Hailbound

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Malotype

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Fensiveness

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Ioia

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Suerza

a tunnel with a light emanating from the end

Amoransia

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Ameneurosis

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Star-Stuck

a man walking towards a door with a large question mark

Anticious

a group of men in hats looking at elevated signage

O’Erpine

a person looking at a grave