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Iktsuarpokik-tsoo-ar-pok

n. The act of repeatedly going outside to keep checking if someone (anyone) is coming. Somewhere between impatience and anticipation is a feeling that compels you to go outside and inside, and outside and then inside again, to check if someone is walking over the hill or around the corner. Does time pass more quickly when doing this? Possibly.

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