Aponemia

a group of people standing together

Aponemia

n.
the peculiar quality of never having chosen to be born, which is shared by everyone else around you; the curious awareness that even though earthly life might be the most exciting party in the universe, somehow everyone in attendance had been dragged here by a friend or stumbled in by accident.

Greek απονέμω (aponémo), to bestow. Pronounced “ap-uh-nee-mee-uh.”

Nyctous

a person walking in the middle of a street

Trumspringa

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

Elosy

a blurry image of a person in a subway car

Offtides

close-up of a chromed metal object

Gaudia Civis

a close-up of a gear

Plata Rasa

Cover image for the Plata Rasa word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows