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.

Walloway

water faucet that seems to emanate from the ground

Foilsick

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Symptomania

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Alpha Exposure

a close-up of a baby with diffusion filter

Angosis

a table full of food

Nowlings

a pile of black and white puzzle pieces