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.

Monachopsis

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Los Vidados

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Scrough

a person working on the sidewalk

Exulansis

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Anaphasia

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Ecsis

a hand holding a fossil

La Gaudière

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Solla, Solla, Solla

a hand reaching out for plant tendril

O’Erpine

a person looking at a grave

Énouement

a hand opening a curtain

Flichtish

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Treachery Of The Common

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