Blinkback

a wall full of pictures and objects

Blinkback

n.
the disillusionment of revisiting a pop-culture touchstone of your youth and finding that it hasn’t aged well at all—having to confront its cringey dialogue, hand-puppet characterization, and wildly implausible plotting—which only makes you wonder what else in your mental fridge is past its expiration date.

Appalachian English (dialect) blinked, soured milk + back, in the past.

Heartworm

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

Rubatosis

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

Offtides

close-up of a chromed metal object

Adomania

a person riding a horse

Holiette

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

Aponemia

a group of people standing together