Thrapt

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Thrapt

adj.
awed at the impact someone has had on your life, feeling intimidated by how profoundly they helped shape your identity, having served as a ghostwriter of a work that nevertheless only appears under your name.

From thrapped, drawn tight, as with nautical ropes + rapt, carried away with emotion.

Sayfish

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Thwit

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

Present-Tense

a close-up of a stopwatch

Manusia

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Dorgone

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Aoyaoia

a person holding a guitar