Solla, Solla, Solla

a hand reaching out for plant tendril

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.”

Karanoia

a neat stack of white paper

Bareleveling

Cover image for the Bareleveling word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Echthesia

blurry image of two clocks

Aponemia

a group of people standing together

Leidenfreude

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Midding

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