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.”

La Gaudière

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Fawtle

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Insoucism

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Blinkback

a wall full of pictures and objects

Maugry

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Anti-Aliasing

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