La Cuna

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La Cuna

n.
a twinge of sadness that there’s no frontier left, that as the last explorer trudged his armies toward the last blank spot on the map, he didn’t suddenly turn for home, leaving one last island unexplored so we could set it aside as a strategic reserve of mystery.

Latin lacuna, an unfilled space or hole + Spanish la cuna, cradle. Pronounced “lah koo-nuh.”

Justing

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Gobo

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Scabulous

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Treachery Of The Common

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Aubadoir

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Exulansis

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Licotic

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Foreclearing

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Wildred

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Elsewise

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The Til

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Kairosclerosis

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Merrenness

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Volander

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Ne’er-Be-Gone

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Rückkehrunruhe

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Slipfast

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Kuebiko

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Hemeisis

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Future-Tense

a person looking at their reflection

Harmonoia

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Mauerbauertraurigkeit

Mauerbauer-traurigkeit

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Hem-Jawed

an abstract image of someone touching their face

Vulture Shock

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Flashover

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Siso

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