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.”

Los Vidados

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Scrough

a person working on the sidewalk

Soufrise

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Ellipsism

a hand clawing at a wall

Bye-Over

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Sayfish

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