Affogatia

miscellaneous items on a table

Affogatia

n.
the weird loneliness of antiquated fads and memes and one-hit wonders, which tried so hard to capture their own era that they inadvertently became embedded in it.

Italian affogato, drowned. Pronounced “ah-fuh-gat-yuh.”

Typifice

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Rialtoscuro

a blurry image of a light source

Appriesse

a blurry image of a person looking at mounted images

Apolytus

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Rivener

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Heartspur

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