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 Cuna

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Foreclearing

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Treachery Of The Common

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Kairosclerosis

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Merrenness

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Ne’er-Be-Gone

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Looseleft

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Zielschmerz

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Aubadoir

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Elsewise

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Exulansis

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Funkenzwangsvorstellung

Funkenzwang-svorstellung

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Fitzcarraldo

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The Til

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Scabulous

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The Kick Drop

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Ameneurosis

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Hubilance

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Desanté

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Daguerreologue

Daguer-reologue

a man sitting in blurred silhouette at a desk

Maugry

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Knellish

a blurry image of a person lying on a bed

Hemeisis

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Solla, Solla, Solla

a hand reaching out for plant tendril

Thwit

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

Innity

a neatly made bed with diffused light glowing