Siso

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Siso

n.
a solitary experience you wish you could have shared with someone else—having dinner in a romantic setting, reaching the summit after an arduous climb, having a run-in with a crazy stranger that nobody’s going to believe—which makes you look around for confirmation that it even happened at all.

Welsh si-so, see-saw, an invention that can only ever be enjoyed by multiple people; when used alone, it’s just a wonky bench. Pronounced “see-soh.”

La Cuna

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Mimeomia

a person wearing an animal onesie garment

Scabulous

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Nowlings

a pile of black and white puzzle pieces

The Giltwrights

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Ne’er-Be-Gone

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