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.”

Rookish

a stone tower with a person seated on top

Galagog

a person alone in a snowy desolate landscape

Boorance

a group of objects on a table

Nemotia

a city with clouds of smoke

Bareleveling

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

Thrapt

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

Adomania

a person riding a horse

Thwit

close-up of a person with forehead wrinkled and holding their head

Jouska

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

Keyframe

a large rock in the water with emanating ripples

Echthesia

blurry image of two clocks

Zielschmerz

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

Beloiter

a person sitting at a slot machine