Rückkehrunruhe

Rückkehrunruhe

n.
the feeling of returning from an immersive trip only to notice it fading rapidly from your awareness, as if your brain had automatically assumed it was all just a dream and already went to work scrubbing it from your memory.

German rückkehren, coming back + Unruhe, restlessness. Compare Zugunruhe, “migration restlessness,” the fidgety behavior observed in birds approaching migration. Pronounced “rook- kair-oon-roo-uh.”

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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Ioia

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Redesis

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Zysia

a kite soaring above an empty landscape

Attriage

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Galagog

a person alone in a snowy desolate landscape

Spinning Playback Head

silhouette of a person looking out a window

Midding

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Malotype

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Aponemia

a group of people standing together