Ellipsism

a hand clawing at a wall

Ellipsism

n.
the sadness that you’ll never be able to know how history will turn out, that you’ll dutifully pass on the joke of being alive without ever learning the punch line, which may not suit your sense of humor anyway and will probably involve how many people it takes to change a lightbulb.

From ellipsis, a marker of a continuation that you don’t get to see. Pronounced “ih-lip-siz-uhm.”

Pithered

stacks of papers and folders piled high on a table

Elosy

a blurry image of a person in a subway car

Knellish

a blurry image of a person lying on a bed

Proluctance

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Tarrion

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Slipfast

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Craxis

a tall house of cards

Irrition

a close up of a dandelion

Burn Upon Reentry

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Daguerreologue

Daguer-reologue

a man sitting in blurred silhouette at a desk

Maugry

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Fitzcarraldo

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