Aponemia

a group of people standing together

Aponemia

n.
the peculiar quality of never having chosen to be born, which is shared by everyone else around you; the curious awareness that even though earthly life might be the most exciting party in the universe, somehow everyone in attendance had been dragged here by a friend or stumbled in by accident.

Greek απονέμω (aponémo), to bestow. Pronounced “ap-uh-nee-mee-uh.”

Rookish

a stone tower with a person seated on top

Galagog

a person alone in a snowy desolate landscape

Boorance

a group of objects on a table

Nemotia

a city with clouds of smoke

Candling

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Star-Stuck

a man walking towards a door with a large question mark

Evertheless

a person floating in water

Trueholding

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Tillid

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Dorgone

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Plata Rasa

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Wenbane

a person standing on a ledge looking at a city skyline

Gobo

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