Galagog

a person alone in a snowy desolate landscape

Galagog

n.
the state of being simultaneously entranced and unsettled by the vastness of the cosmos, which makes your deepest concerns feel laughably quaint, yet vanishingly rare.

From galaxy, a gravitationally bound system of millions of stars + agog, awestruck. Pronounced “gal-uh-gawg.”

Vaucasy

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Lyssamania

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Ochisia

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Lilo

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Wollah

a person with shapes raining on them

Backmasking

a woman's face with a double exposure