Tillid

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Tillid

adj.
humbled by how readily you place your life into the hands of random strangers, often without a second thought—trusting a restaurant to check its expiration dates, trusting a construction crew not to cheap out on materials, trusting thousands of other drivers to stay in their lane —people who you may never meet but whose well-being you’re deeply invested in, whether you know it or not.

Danish tillid, trust. Pronounced “til-id.”

Lilo

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Wytai

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Siso

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Fellchaser

a blurred shadow of a person in a dark room

Boorance

a group of objects on a table

Daguerreologue

Daguer-reologue

a man sitting in blurred silhouette at a desk