Liberosis

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Liberosis

n.
the desire to care less about things; to figure out a way to relax your grip on your life and hold it loosely and playfully, keeping it in the air like a volleyball, with quick and fleeting interventions, bouncing freely in the hands of trusted friends, always in play.

Italian libero, free. A libero is a position on a volleyball team that can move at greater liberty than other players, subbing freely and without permission, with an emphasis on keeping the ball in play. Pronounced “lib-er-oh-sis.”

Feresy

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Furosha

a storm raging in the sky over a building

Anticious

a group of men in hats looking at elevated signage

Echthesia

blurry image of two clocks

Anecdoche

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Los Vidados

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