(noun) | rho-po–gra-pher Etymology/Definition: Surface etymology is rhopos- + -graphy + -er, together meaning “someone who studies/depicts everyday (esp. ephemeral) items.” From ροπός (ropós, “trivial objects, small wares, trifles”) + γράφω (gráphō, “I write”). I hadn’t seen my sister’s face since the Netflix Original exposé released a few years back…

The bandages circled my head at an oblique angle and irritated the earward side of my right eyebrow. I was waiting in the sickly park outside the hospital for Zalut (pronounced like “Salut!”) to arrive in his car, a duct-taped Vaz-2101. There was broken glass everywhere. Two nurses sat on…