Midding

Midding

n.
the tranquil pleasure of being near a gathering but not quite in it— hovering on the perimeter of a campfire, talking quietly outside a party, resting your eyes in the back seat of a car listening to friends chatting up front—feeling blissfully invisible yet still fully included, safe in the knowledge that everyone is together and everyone is okay, with all the thrill of being there without the burden of having to be.

Middle English midding, alternate spelling of midden, a refuse heap that sits near a dwelling. Pronounced “mid-ing.”

The Mcfly Effect

Hickering

Watashiato

Anderance

Lilo

Mottleheaded

Immerensis

Dolonia

Lookaback

Flashover

Incidental Contact High

Waldosia

Midding

Drisson

Semaphorism

Nachlophobia

Fensiveness

Antiophobia

Boorance

a group of objects on a table

Lookaback

The Wends

Tornomov

a cloudy sky and landscape

Mahpiohanzia

Vellichor

shelves with many books stacked and organized

The Mcfly Effect

Idlewild

Hem-Jawed

an abstract image of someone touching their face