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.”

Cullaways

a lone sand castle on a beach at low tide

Incidental Contact High

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

Epistrix

several doors standing in a dark room

Ironsick

a group of random devices

Emodox

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

Clockwise

a close-up of flower along with polaroid pictures