Merrenness

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Merrenness

n.
the lulling isolation of driving late at night—floating through the void in an otherworldly hum, trailing red jewels in the darkness, your high beams sweeping back and forth like a lighthouse.

Hungarian merre, where? in which direction? Pronounced “mair-uhn-nis.”

Sitheless

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Nachlophobia

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Latigo

aerial view of a city at night

La Cuna

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Dolonia

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Affogatia

miscellaneous items on a table

Zysia

a kite soaring above an empty landscape

Thwit

close-up of a person with forehead wrinkled and holding their head

Lyssamania

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The Whipgraft Delusion

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Punt Kick

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Burn Upon Reentry

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