Keir

a snowy landscape with trees and a fence

Keir

n.
an ill-fated attempt to reenact a beloved memory years later, returning to a place that once felt like home, only to find it now feels uncannily off, like walking through a wax museum of your own childhood.

Dutch kier, fissure or narrow opening, as in the midpoint of an hourglass. Pronounced “keer.”

Semaphorism

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Wenbane

a person standing on a ledge looking at a city skyline

Karanoia

a neat stack of white paper

Walloway

water faucet that seems to emanate from the ground

Rookish

a stone tower with a person seated on top

Catoptric Tristesse

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