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.”

Ecsis

a hand holding a fossil

Beloiter

a person sitting at a slot machine

Future-Tense

a person looking at their reflection

Craxis

a tall house of cards

Moriturism

a person resting in the back seat of a car

Hem-Jawed

an abstract image of someone touching their face

Aimonomia

close-up of a plant with lights glowing in background

Suerza

a tunnel with a light emanating from the end

Nilous

a person standing at a bus terminal

Elosy

a blurry image of a person in a subway car

Eftless

a person with hands pressed on a window

Aponemia

a group of people standing together

Ironsick

a group of random devices

Karanoia

a neat stack of white paper

Galagog

a person alone in a snowy desolate landscape

Arroia

people standing on a stage

Dystoria

close up of water drops on a window

Adomania

a person riding a horse

Holiette

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

The Kick Drop

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Lap Year

several people racing bicycles uphill in a forest

Adronitis

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Anti-Aliasing

Cover image for the Anti-Aliasing word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Ameneurosis

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

Ecsis

a hand holding a fossil

Indosentia

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

Waldosia

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