Lackout

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Lackout

n.
the sudden awareness that you’re finally over someone, noticing that the same voice that once triggered a cocktail of emotions now evokes nothing at all—as if your brain had returned the last box of their things and your heart had quietly changed its locks.

From lack, missing something + blackout, when a spark abruptly goes away.

Star-Stuck

a man walking towards a door with a large question mark

Backmasking

a woman's face with a double exposure

Agnosthesia

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Aoyaoia

a person holding a guitar

The Kick Drop

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Aftergloom

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