Looseleft

Looseleft

adj.
feeling a sense of loss upon finishing a good book, sensing the weight of the back cover locking away the lives of characters you’ve gotten to know so well.

From looseleaf, a removable sheet of paper + left, departed.

Volander

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Elsewise

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Funkenzwangsvorstellung

Funkenzwang-svorstellung

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Ameneurosis

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Ringlorn

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Kairosclerosis

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Scabulous

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Zielschmerz

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Jouska

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Ne’er-Be-Gone

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Occhiolism

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Rückkehrunruhe

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The Kick Drop

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Vulture Shock

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Wildred

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Fitzcarraldo

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Chrysalism

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Desanté

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Etterath

a graduation cap and gown on a chair

Redesis

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Dolorblindness

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Anaphasia

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Suerza

a tunnel with a light emanating from the end

Nullness

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Aftersome

rows of opaque and clear marbles

Ioia

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