Ellipsism

a hand clawing at a wall

Ellipsism

n.
the sadness that you’ll never be able to know how history will turn out, that you’ll dutifully pass on the joke of being alive without ever learning the punch line, which may not suit your sense of humor anyway and will probably involve how many people it takes to change a lightbulb.

From ellipsis, a marker of a continuation that you don’t get to see. Pronounced “ih-lip-siz-uhm.”

Watashiato

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

Hailbound

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Catoptric Tristesse

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Caucic

a close-up of a stone walking path

Furosha

a storm raging in the sky over a building

Ochisia

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