Ironsick

a group of random devices

Ironsick

adj.
feeling hollowed out by excessive exposure to modern technology, which is so fast and stimulating that it makes everything else feel drab and messy by comparison—as if you’d unwittingly developed a psychological allergy to chaos, which leaves you feeling punchy and lonely and numb, even though your life might be as peaceful and predictable as it’s ever been.

From iron sick, a nautical term for when an old ship’s iron nails become rusted out, allowing seepage of seawater through the wooden hull.

Dystoria

close up of water drops on a window

Scrough

a person working on the sidewalk

Hickering

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Lookaback

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Semaphorism

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Flashover

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