Offtides

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Offtides

adj.
beginning to suspect that you’re living in a bizarre alternate reality, as if you had stumbled into a shimmering “What if?” thought bubble that somehow kept going, episode after episode.

After off, the state of being not quite normal or sane + offsides, a sports offense in which you find yourself on the wrong side at the wrong moment + tides, the normal ebb and flow of time.

Grayshift

a spiral staircase from above

Mcfeely

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Querinous

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Amuse-Douche

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Hubilance

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Ameneurosis

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