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.

Daguerreologue

Daguer-reologue

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Aulasy

a blurry image of a house on the road

Amentalio

a person in a white dress, facing away

Clockwise

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Etterath

a graduation cap and gown on a chair

Mithenness

a person standing on the side of a road

Yeorie

a woman with tendrils of smoke moving across her face

Alpha Exposure

a close-up of a baby with diffusion filter

Appriesse

a blurry image of a person looking at mounted images

Enterhood

adults with stern expressions holding a child

Fellchaser

a blurred shadow of a person in a dark room

Cullaways

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Lisolia

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Walloway

water faucet that seems to emanate from the ground

Halfwise

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Blinkback

a wall full of pictures and objects

Nowlings

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Solla, Solla, Solla

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The Meantime

Dolonia

Viadne

Anderance

Winnewaw

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Waldosia

Rückkehrunruhe

Anchorage

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Flashover