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.”

Rookish

a stone tower with a person seated on top

Galagog

a person alone in a snowy desolate landscape

Boorance

a group of objects on a table

Nemotia

a city with clouds of smoke

Vulture Shock

Cover image for the Vulture Shock word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Ghough

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

Heart Of Aces

a person covering their eyes with their hands

Beloiter

a person sitting at a slot machine

Mimeomia

a person wearing an animal onesie garment

Arroia

people standing on a stage

Kerisl

piles of old books scattered in an abandoned room

Antiophobia

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

Halfwise

a train coming towards the camera shot from the tracks