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.

Emorries

a magnifying glass over photos and books

Malotype

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

Pithered

stacks of papers and folders piled high on a table

Kinchy

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

Mogging Folly

a person sitting on a bench

Kuebiko

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