Lap Year

several people racing bicycles uphill in a forest

Lap Year

n.
the age at which you become older than your parents were when you were born, which signals that your stage of the race has already begun, having spent years coasting in their slipstream as they tackled the mountain stages of life, leaving you strong, energetic, and deeply mortified by their loud yellow jerseys.

From lap, one full circuit around a course + gap year, a regenerative break between adjacent stages of life. In the Tour de France, the cyclist with the lowest time receives a ceremonial yellow jersey and the right to start the next stage.

Present-Tense

a close-up of a stopwatch

Keir

a snowy landscape with trees and a fence

Austice

a leaf imprint in the mud

Echthesia

blurry image of two clocks

Lap Year

several people racing bicycles uphill in a forest

Archimony

a person looking at broken furniture

Tirosy

a close-up of a young child's face

Kerisl

piles of old books scattered in an abandoned room

Énouement

a hand opening a curtain

Heart Of Aces

a person covering their eyes with their hands

Epistrix

several doors standing in a dark room

Vellichor

shelves with many books stacked and organized

Aftersome

rows of opaque and clear marbles

Ecury

a close-up of cave drawings and symbols

Anticious

a group of men in hats looking at elevated signage

Keyframe

a large rock in the water with emanating ripples

Inerrata

a hand holding a broken cup

Midsummer

a person standing in a garden holding a clock

Vellichor

shelves with many books stacked and organized

The Giltwrights

Slipfast

Galagog

a person alone in a snowy desolate landscape

Amentalio

a person in a white dress, facing away

Punt Kick

Lockheartedness

The Til

Watashiato