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.

Tirosy

a close-up of a young child's face

Aoyaoia

a person holding a guitar

Eisce

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

Foilsick

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Flichtish

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

Jouska

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