Solla, Solla, Solla

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Solla, Solla, Solla

n.
an incantation whispered privately to yourself to celebrate the loss of something or someone you loved, which almost makes it feel like a deliberate renunciation, consciously deciding to relinquish them to an earlier part of your life.

Latin solla, whole, unbroken + Sesotho fasolla, to disconnect + Estonian las olla, let it be. Pronounced “suh-lah, suh-lah, suh-lah.”

Epistrix

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Aftersome

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Daguerreologue

Daguer-reologue

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Archimony

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Austice

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Vellichor

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Halfwise

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Inerrata

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Tirosy

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Pithered

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O’Erpine

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Harke

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Keyframe

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Backmasking

a woman's face with a double exposure

Ecury

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Blinkback

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Zysia

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Present-Tense

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Fitzcarraldo

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Vellichor

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The Giltwrights

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The Kick Drop

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Heartworm

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Slipfast

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Flichtish

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Wildred

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Ecsis

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