Aubadoir

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Aubadoir

n.
the otherworldly atmosphere just before 5 a.m., when the bleary melodrama of an extremely late night becomes awkwardly conflated with the industrious fluorescence of a very early morning.

French aubade, an ode to the morning + abattoir, slaughterhouse. Pronounced “oh-bah-dwahr.”

Tillid

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Lisolia

a bookcase containing objects

Skidding

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Wildred

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Wollah

a person with shapes raining on them

Evertheless

a person floating in water