Blinkback

a wall full of pictures and objects

Blinkback

n.
the disillusionment of revisiting a pop-culture touchstone of your youth and finding that it hasn’t aged well at all—having to confront its cringey dialogue, hand-puppet characterization, and wildly implausible plotting—which only makes you wonder what else in your mental fridge is past its expiration date.

Appalachian English (dialect) blinked, soured milk + back, in the past.

Daguerreologue

Daguer-reologue

a man sitting in blurred silhouette at a desk

Harke

a dreamlike image of a person's face over water

Anecdoche

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Rivener

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Merrenness

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The Kinder Surprise

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