Beloiter

a person sitting at a slot machine

Beloiter

v. intr.
to look around in a state of mild astonishment that your life is somehow still going, as if a part of you had just assumed that your allotment of days would’ve been used up by now, standing there like a player at a slot machine, perpetually surprised that your winnings continue to trickle out, but not sure what you’re supposed to do now.

From to be + to loiter, to hang around someplace with no particular agenda. Pronounced “bih-loi-ter.”

Mogging Folly

a person sitting on a bench

Offtides

close-up of a chromed metal object

Arroia

people standing on a stage

Nilous

a person standing at a bus terminal

Ecsis

a hand holding a fossil

Craxis

a tall house of cards

Achenia

a close-up of a bottle with an organic object inside

Grayshift

a spiral staircase from above

Tornomov

a cloudy sky and landscape

Hem-Jawed

an abstract image of someone touching their face

Ellipsism

a hand clawing at a wall

Suerza

a tunnel with a light emanating from the end

Nemotia

a city with clouds of smoke

Evertheless

a person floating in water

Ironsick

a group of random devices

Moriturism

a person resting in the back seat of a car

Wollah

a person with shapes raining on them

Karanoia

a neat stack of white paper

Vaucasy

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

Achenia

a close-up of a bottle with an organic object inside

Idlewild

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

Hem-Jawed

an abstract image of someone touching their face

Winnewaw

a person wearing a party hat

Dolorblindness

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

Slipfast

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Etterath

a graduation cap and gown on a chair

Falesia

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