A light tapping sound. Repeated. Rain on an awning.
To move with quick, light steps. Sneaking through the house at night.
To speak quickly and shallowly. A boardwalk street vendor.
The jargon of a group. Military acronyms. Tech terms. Statistic names.
The gif above and many others are the work of Matthias Brown, who does a lot of rotoscoping and tracing.
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Interesting little video from Abacaba illustrating the most common words in the English language, then showing the most common by length:
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