Affogatia

miscellaneous items on a table

Affogatia

n.
the weird loneliness of antiquated fads and memes and one-hit wonders, which tried so hard to capture their own era that they inadvertently became embedded in it.

Italian affogato, drowned. Pronounced “ah-fuh-gat-yuh.”

Kadot

a person looking at an abstract spiral

Winnewaw

a person wearing a party hat

Foilsick

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

Mauerbauertraurigkeit

Mauerbauer-traurigkeit

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

Innity

a neatly made bed with diffused light glowing

Incidental Contact High

Cover image for the Incidental Contact High word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows