Enterhood

adults with stern expressions holding a child

Enterhood

n.
the set of living people who have known you all your life, all the way back to your infancy, before you had a clue who you were; a group that slowly shrinks as you get older, until the point when all of your closest confidants have only ever seen an abridged version of you, having joined your story somewhere in the middle of things, just as you did.

From enter + entire + hood.

Daguerreologue

Daguer-reologue

a man sitting in blurred silhouette at a desk

Vulture Shock

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Vaucasy

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Fata Organa

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Aftersome

rows of opaque and clear marbles

Keep

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