Mornden

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Mornden

n.
the self-contained pajama universe shared by two people on a long weekend morning, withdrawing from the world and letting the hours slow to a crawl, coming as close as they’ll ever get to pausing the flow of time, even as they know it’ll eventually rush back in all the faster.

From morn, morning + den, a comfortable room that affords private time. Pronounced “mawrn-duhn.”

Skidding

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Hanker Sore

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Anderance

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Los Vidados

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Flashover

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Moledro

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Querinous

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Mornden

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Rivener

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Hickering

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Lookaback

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Feresy

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Watashiato

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Dorgone

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Foilsick

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Midding

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The Kinder Surprise

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Semaphorism

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Aponemia

a group of people standing together

Nachlophobia

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Fensiveness

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Sayfish

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Apolytus

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Nodrophobia

close-up of a stained shirt

Momophobia

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Hem-Jawed

an abstract image of someone touching their face

Wenbane

a person standing on a ledge looking at a city skyline