Typifice

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Typifice

n.
a caricature of yourself that went out of date years ago, though nobody around you seems to have noticed.

Italian tipi fissi, “fixed types,” the stock characters in commedia dell’arte masked improvisational theater. Pronounced “tip-uh-fis.”

Loss Of Backing

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Mcfeely

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The Whipgraft Delusion

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Malotype

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Indosentia

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Leidenfreude

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Emodox

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Maugry

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Liberosis

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Trueholding

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Agnosthesia

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Deep Gut

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Manusia

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Nementia

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Altschmerz

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Moriturism

a person resting in the back seat of a car

Heartmoor

a campfire with a kettle many small logs

Desanté

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Wellium

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La Cuna

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Anchorage

a person's arm extended over river rapids

The Til

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Treachery Of The Common

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Hubilance

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