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.

Tarrion

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

Fardle-Din

Cover image for the Fardle-Din word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Lisolia

a bookcase containing objects

Pâro

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

Pithered

stacks of papers and folders piled high on a table

Blinkback

a wall full of pictures and objects