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.”

Cullaways

a lone sand castle on a beach at low tide

Ecstatic Shock

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Enterhood

adults with stern expressions holding a child

Mornden

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Archimony

a person looking at broken furniture

Bareleveling

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