Aftersome

rows of opaque and clear marbles

Aftersome

adj.
astonished to think back on the bizarre sequence of accidents that brought you to where you are today—as if you’d spent years bouncing down a Plinko pegboard, passing through a million harmless decision points, any one of which might’ve changed everything—which makes your long and winding path feel fated from the start, yet so unlikely as to be virtually impossible.

Swedish eftersom, because.

Volander

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

Aoyaoia

a person holding a guitar

La Gaudière

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

Amuse-Douche

Cover image for the Amuse-Douche word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Spinning Playback Head

silhouette of a person looking out a window

Cullaways

a lone sand castle on a beach at low tide