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.

Grayshift

a spiral staircase from above

Affogatia

miscellaneous items on a table

Heart Of Aces

a person covering their eyes with their hands

1202

Cover image for the 1202 word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Gaudia Civis

a close-up of a gear

Fygophobia

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