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.”

Mithenness

a person standing on the side of a road

Emorries

a magnifying glass over photos and books

Alpha Exposure

a close-up of a baby with diffusion filter

Echthesia

blurry image of two clocks

Nowlings

a pile of black and white puzzle pieces

Enterhood

adults with stern expressions holding a child

Anticious

a group of men in hats looking at elevated signage

Affogatia

miscellaneous items on a table

Kerisl

piles of old books scattered in an abandoned room

Appriesse

a blurry image of a person looking at mounted images

Midsummer

a person standing in a garden holding a clock

Etterath

a graduation cap and gown on a chair

Alpha Exposure

a close-up of a baby with diffusion filter

Achenia

a close-up of a bottle with an organic object inside

Archimony

a person looking at broken furniture

Looseleft

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

Keta

a hand reaching through paper with a flower drawing

Grayshift

a spiral staircase from above

Bye-Over

Cover image for the Bye-Over word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Angosis

a table full of food

Waldosia

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