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.”

Inerrata

a hand holding a broken cup

Moriturism

a person resting in the back seat of a car

Vulture Shock

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O’Erpine

a person looking at a grave

Insoucism

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Moledro

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