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.”

Starlorn

snow flakes in the dark

La Gaudière

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

Kinchy

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

Eftless

a person with hands pressed on a window

Flichtish

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

Soufrise

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