Idlewild

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Idlewild

adj.
feeling grateful to be stranded in a place where you can’t do much of anything—sitting for hours at an airport gate, the sleeper car of a train, or the backseat of a van on a long road trip—which temporarily alleviates the burden of being able to do anything at any time and frees up your brain to do whatever it wants to do, even if it’s just to flicker your eyes across the passing landscape.

From Idlewild, the original name of John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City.

Rückkehrunruhe

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Slipfast

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Licotic

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Justing

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Trumspringa

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Volander

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Wildred

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Gobo

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Ghough

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Mahpiohanzia

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Ringlorn

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Idlewild

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Plata Rasa

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Chrysalism

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Vulture Shock

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Occhiolism

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Harmonoia

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Jouska

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Attriage

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Boorance

a group of objects on a table

Achenia

a close-up of a bottle with an organic object inside

Mal De Coucou

a blurry image of several men

Mithenness

a person standing on the side of a road

Etterath

a graduation cap and gown on a chair

Aftersome

rows of opaque and clear marbles

Latigo

aerial view of a city at night

Anchorage

a person's arm extended over river rapids