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.

Watashiato

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

Backmasking

a woman's face with a double exposure

Nemotia

a city with clouds of smoke

Elsewise

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

On Tenderhooks

Cover image for the On Tenderhooks word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Knellish

a blurry image of a person lying on a bed