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Dodgewaltz
(n.) The short, unrehearsed dance performed by two strangers on a pavement who both step left, then both step right, then both apologise, then both step left again.
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Yawnrelay
(n.) The single yawn that sets off at one end of a meeting table and travels, person by person, all the way to the other end, where the dog lying under it yawns too.
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Buzzghost
(n.) The phone vibration you feel clearly and distinctly against your leg, from a phone that did not vibrate, and quite often is not in that pocket at all.
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Doorlapse
(n.) The complete wipe of purpose that happens somewhere between leaving one room and arriving in the next, leaving you standing in the kitchen with no idea why.
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Mugmigration
(noun) The slow one-way drift of mugs out of the kitchen into every other room of the house, noticed only when the cupboard is empty and the sink is not.
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Wavelorn
(adj.) Stranded in public after cheerfully returning a wave that was meant for the person behind you, with your hand still up and nowhere dignified to put it.
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Pagedrift
(n.) The quiet exit of your attention from a page your eyes keep reading anyway, noticed four paragraphs later when you have to go back and find the last sentence you can honestly claim.
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Namefog
(n.) The total blank that arrives at the exact moment you begin to introduce two people, one of whom you have known for eleven years.
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Freezerhope
(n.) The faith that the unlabelled container at the back of the freezer contains something good, sustained by never opening it.
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Bagpride
(n.) The quiet private triumph of getting the entire shop into one bag, felt by somebody who will never be able to tell anyone about it.