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.

Archimony

a person looking at broken furniture

Vellichor

shelves with many books stacked and organized

Pithered

stacks of papers and folders piled high on a table

Blinkback

a wall full of pictures and objects

Fellchaser

a blurred shadow of a person in a dark room

Yeorie

a woman with tendrils of smoke moving across her face

Affogatia

miscellaneous items on a table

Aftersome

rows of opaque and clear marbles

Midsummer

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Amentalio

a person in a white dress, facing away

Enterhood

adults with stern expressions holding a child

Solla, Solla, Solla

a hand reaching out for plant tendril

Pax Latrina

Aimonomia

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Wytai

Hailbound

Keyframe

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Rivener

Lackout

Candling

The Wends