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.

Rookish

a stone tower with a person seated on top

Galagog

a person alone in a snowy desolate landscape

Boorance

a group of objects on a table

Nemotia

a city with clouds of smoke

O’Erpine

a person looking at a grave

Aesthosis

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Ecsis

a hand holding a fossil

Falesia

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Fensiveness

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Moriturism

a person resting in the back seat of a car

Nachlophobia

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The Meantime

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Aftergloom

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