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.

Elsewise

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Agnosthesia

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Elosy

a blurry image of a person in a subway car

Suerza

a tunnel with a light emanating from the end

Proluctance

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Leidenfreude

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