Lap Year

several people racing bicycles uphill in a forest

Lap Year

n.
the age at which you become older than your parents were when you were born, which signals that your stage of the race has already begun, having spent years coasting in their slipstream as they tackled the mountain stages of life, leaving you strong, energetic, and deeply mortified by their loud yellow jerseys.

From lap, one full circuit around a course + gap year, a regenerative break between adjacent stages of life. In the Tour de France, the cyclist with the lowest time receives a ceremonial yellow jersey and the right to start the next stage.

Solla, Solla, Solla

a hand reaching out for plant tendril

Heart Of Aces

a person covering their eyes with their hands

Harke

a dreamlike image of a person's face over water

Lap Year

several people racing bicycles uphill in a forest

Emorries

a magnifying glass over photos and books

Keyframe

a large rock in the water with emanating ripples

Ecury

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Anticious

a group of men in hats looking at elevated signage

Walloway

water faucet that seems to emanate from the ground

Cullaways

a lone sand castle on a beach at low tide

Halfwise

a train coming towards the camera shot from the tracks

Enterhood

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Keta

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Austice

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Inerrata

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Anchorage

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Archimony

a person looking at broken furniture

Echthesia

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Endzoned

Keyframe

a large rock in the water with emanating ripples

On Tenderhooks

Hanker Sore

Midding

Fata Organa

Pithered

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Aubadoir

Grayshift

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