Mahpiohanzia

Mahpiohanzia

n.
the frustration of being unable to fly, unable to stretch out your arms and vault into the air, having finally shrugged off the burden of your own weight, which you’ve been carrying your entire life without a second thought.

Lakota mahpiohanzi, “a shadow caused by a cloud.” Pronounced “mah-pee-oh-han-zee-uh.”

Licotic

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Idlewild

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Jouska

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Trumspringa

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Rückkehrunruhe

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Foreclearing

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Looseleft

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Slipfast

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Justing

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Gobo

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Vulture Shock

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Occhiolism

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Merrenness

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Plata Rasa

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Ringlorn

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Funkenzwangsvorstellung

Funkenzwang-svorstellung

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Fitzcarraldo

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Treachery Of The Common

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Attriage

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On Tenderhooks

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Lockheartedness

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The Giltwrights

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Fawtle

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Achenia

a close-up of a bottle with an organic object inside

Jouska

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Ne’er-Be-Gone

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Mimeomia

a person wearing an animal onesie garment