Backmasking

a woman's face with a double exposure

Backmasking

n.
the instinctive tendency to see someone as you knew them in their youth—a burned-in image of grass-stained knees, graffitied backpacks, or handfuls of birthday cake, superimposed on an adult with a mortgage, or children of their own.

In audio recording, backmasking is a technique wherein a sound is deliberately recorded backward, so it’s only intelligible when played in reverse.

Heart Of Aces

a person covering their eyes with their hands

Solla, Solla, Solla

a hand reaching out for plant tendril

Rasque

close-up of the shards of a broken vase

Fellchaser

a blurred shadow of a person in a dark room

Amentalio

a person in a white dress, facing away

Lisolia

a bookcase containing objects

Spinning Playback Head

silhouette of a person looking out a window

Clockwise

a close-up of flower along with polaroid pictures

Yeorie

a woman with tendrils of smoke moving across her face

Aulasy

a blurry image of a house on the road

Keir

a snowy landscape with trees and a fence

Énouement

a hand opening a curtain

Keta

a hand reaching through paper with a flower drawing

Cullaways

a lone sand castle on a beach at low tide

Anchorage

a person's arm extended over river rapids

Thwit

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

Walloway

water faucet that seems to emanate from the ground

Lap Year

several people racing bicycles uphill in a forest

Ecsis

a hand holding a fossil

Midding

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

Beloiter

a person sitting at a slot machine

Candling

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

Daguerreologue

Daguer-reologue

a man sitting in blurred silhouette at a desk

The Meantime

Cover image for the The Meantime word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Affogatia

miscellaneous items on a table

Enterhood

adults with stern expressions holding a child

The Wends

Cover image for the The Wends word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows