Adomania

close-up of a stained shirt

Adomania

n.
the sense that the future is arriving ahead of schedule, that all those years with fanciful names are bursting from their hypothetical cages into the arena of the present, furiously bucking your grip while you slip around in your saddle, with one hand reaching for the reins, the other waving up high like a schoolkid who finally knows the answer to the question.

Italian a domani, until tomorrow + mania. Pronounced “ad-uh-mey-nee-uh.”

Ecsis

a hand holding a fossil

Ellipsism

a hand clawing at a wall

Angosis

a table full of food

Future-Tense

a person looking at their reflection

Grayshift

a spiral staircase from above

Starlorn

snow flakes in the dark

Aponemia

a group of people standing together

Nodrophobia

close-up of a stained shirt

Mogging Folly

a person sitting on a bench

Adomania

a person riding a horse

Moriturism

a person resting in the back seat of a car

Aoyaoia

a person holding a guitar

Tornomov

a cloudy sky and landscape

Elosy

a blurry image of a person in a subway car

Achenia

a close-up of a bottle with an organic object inside

Karanoia

a neat stack of white paper

Eftless

a person with hands pressed on a window

Irrition

a close up of a dandelion

The Standard Blues

Cover image for the The Standard Blues word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Clockwise

a close-up of flower along with polaroid pictures

Anecdoche

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

Loss Of Backing

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Winnewaw

a person wearing a party hat

The Til

Cover image for the The Til word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Hem-Jawed

an abstract image of someone touching their face

Harmonoia

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

1202

Cover image for the 1202 word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows