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.”

Star-Stuck

a man walking towards a door with a large question mark

The Kick Drop

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

Kadot

a person looking at an abstract spiral

Leidenfreude

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

Inerrata

a hand holding a broken cup

La Gaudière

Cover image for the La Gaudière word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows