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.

Thwit

close-up of a person with forehead wrinkled and holding their head

Offtides

close-up of a chromed metal object

Loss Of Backing

Cover image for the Loss Of Backing word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Aimonomia

close-up of a plant with lights glowing in background

Ledsome

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

Boorance

a group of objects on a table