Ellipsism

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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.”

Moriturism

a person resting in the back seat of a car

Hemeisis

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

Pithered

stacks of papers and folders piled high on a table

Ellipsism

a hand clawing at a wall

The Kick Drop

Cover image for the The Kick Drop word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Solla, Solla, Solla

a hand reaching out for plant tendril