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.”

Knellish

a blurry image of a person lying on a bed

Heart Of Aces

a person covering their eyes with their hands

Semaphorism

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Suerza

a tunnel with a light emanating from the end

Galagog

a person alone in a snowy desolate landscape

Foreclearing

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