Attriage

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Attriage

n.
the state of having lost all control over how you feel about someone— not even trying to quench the flames anymore, but lighting other fires around your head just hoping to contain the damage.

From atria, the chambers of the heart + triage, the sorting of patients in hospital admissions, factoring in the urgency of their illness or injury. Pronounced “at-ree-ahzh.”

La Cuna

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Typifice

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Fygophobia

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Anticious

a group of men in hats looking at elevated signage

Grayshift

a spiral staircase from above

Mogging Folly

a person sitting on a bench