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.

Jouska

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Wildred

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Slipfast

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Trumspringa

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Merrenness

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La Cuna

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Idlewild

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Aubadoir

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Fitzcarraldo

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Elsewise

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Chrysalism

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Volander

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Scabulous

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Vulture Shock

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The Til

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Foreclearing

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Kairosclerosis

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The Unsharp Mask

a mirror with a reflection of a person

Skidding

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Knellish

a blurry image of a person lying on a bed

Foilsick

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Occhiolism

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Beloiter

a person sitting at a slot machine

The Wends

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Symptomania

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Heartspur

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