Mogging Folly

a person sitting on a bench

Mogging Folly

n.
the act of deliberately squandering your time, lazing about as if none of this is worth a damn, letting precious hours spool away slowly like the string of a runaway kite.

From mog, to enjoy one’s self in a quiet, easy, comfortable manner + folly, a foolish act.

Winnewaw

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Wollah

a person with shapes raining on them

Nilous

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Ironsick

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Craxis

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Kadot

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Knellish

a blurry image of a person lying on a bed

Offtides

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Caucic

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Furosha

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Rialtoscuro

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Dystoria

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Arroia

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Evertheless

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Aimonomia

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Beloiter

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Hem-Jawed

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Suerza

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Star-Stuck

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Keta

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Wytai

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The Til

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Trueholding

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Wollah

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Ioia

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Pax Latrina

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Monachopsis

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