Lilo

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Lilo

n.
a friendship that can lie dormant for years only to pick right back up instantly, as if you’d seen each other last week—which is all the more remarkable given that certain other people can make every lull in conversation feel like an eternity.

From lifelong + lie low. Pronounced “lahy-loh.”

Los Vidados

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Thrapt

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Fardle-Din

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Falesia

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Nachlophobia

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La Gaudière

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Dead Reckoning

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Moledro

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Hickering

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Anderance

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Flashover

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Ochisia

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Fata Organa

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Hanker Sore

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Soufrise

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The Kinder Surprise

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Semaphorism

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Zverism

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Emorries

a magnifying glass over photos and books

Echthesia

blurry image of two clocks

Amoransia

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Knellish

a blurry image of a person lying on a bed

Flashover

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Nighthawk

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Zverism

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Mithenness

a person standing on the side of a road

Fool’s Guilt

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