2023 was

beaked pick

Eddie Van Halen's beaked guitar pick

Lower Upper Management

bajulate

to bear a heavy burden

Mizmo Kachunk

Audrey's spectre

gingerbread man fail no. 23

 

gingrebread man fail no. 17

gingerbread man fail No. 11

elf trafficker

A shame they turn in their own for the benefit of Big Toy.

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Flucknopp

 

star of world's first underground comic (1947)

Rastricht

filotimo

the mad doctor

CooJulio

Nibbles

Eldreth Hull

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E. Paolini

Requiem to Grabus

rockstar

Krandle Citian

Folks from Krandle City aren't much like you or me.

mne8

gobsmacked

vacancy

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ethno outre

impact zone

wary

odd man out

ditherer

Tasmin Soot

pipsqueak

Lobis Nylo

lead moaner for the Dismal Abysmals

Known Hitchhiker

Do Not Give Him A Ride

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Erval Strunk

If you need a job done, Erv's nuts enough to do it.

frequent flier

wished out

E.J.H.

conjured spirit of Ephraim J. Hunnicutt

unmoored

facial recog fail

nowhere close

urban icon