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.”

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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Dystoria

close up of water drops on a window

Licotic

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Amentalio

a person in a white dress, facing away

Nodrophobia

close-up of a stained shirt

Lyssamania

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Star-Stuck

a man walking towards a door with a large question mark

Aubadoir

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Kadot

a person looking at an abstract spiral

Ringlorn

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