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Keirkeer

n. An ill-fated attempt to reenact a beloved memory years later, returning to a place that once felt like home, only to find it now feels uncannily off, like walking through a wax museum of your own childhood.

Etymology

Dutch kier, fissure or narrow opening, as in the midpoint of an hourglass.

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