Slipfast

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Slipfast

adj.
longing to disappear completely; to melt into a crowd and become invisible, so you can take in the world without having to take part in it—free to wander through conversations without ever leaving footprints, free to dive deep into things without worrying about making a splash.

From slip, to move or fly away in secret + fast, fortified against attack.

Exulansis

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Wildred

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La Cuna

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Ne’er-Be-Gone

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Volander

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The Kick Drop

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Kairosclerosis

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Aubadoir

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Scabulous

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Harmonoia

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Elsewise

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The Til

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Chrysalism

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Ameneurosis

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Zielschmerz

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Ghough

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Mahpiohanzia

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Emodox

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Mogging Folly

a person sitting on a bench

Thwit

close-up of a person with forehead wrinkled and holding their head

Maugry

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Redesis

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Spinning Playback Head

silhouette of a person looking out a window

Énouement

a hand opening a curtain

Anechosis

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Dystoria

close up of water drops on a window