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.”

Funkenzwangsvorstellung

Funkenzwang-svorstellung

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The Whipgraft Delusion

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Semaphorism

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Moriturism

a person resting in the back seat of a car

Mal De Coucou

a blurry image of several men

Ludiosis

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