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

a person standing at a bus terminal

Ironsick

a group of random devices

Craxis

a tall house of cards

Kadot

a person looking at an abstract spiral

Knellish

a blurry image of a person lying on a bed

Offtides

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Caucic

a close-up of a stone walking path

Furosha

a storm raging in the sky over a building

Rialtoscuro

a blurry image of a light source

Dystoria

close up of water drops on a window

Arroia

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Evertheless

a person floating in water

Aimonomia

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Beloiter

a person sitting at a slot machine

Hem-Jawed

an abstract image of someone touching their face

Suerza

a tunnel with a light emanating from the end

Present-Tense

a close-up of a stopwatch

Nodrophobia

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Hemeisis

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Fool’s Guilt

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1202

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Los Vidados

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Keep

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Trumspringa

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Fitzcarraldo

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