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.”

Mogging Folly

a person sitting on a bench

Angosis

a table full of food

Elosy

a blurry image of a person in a subway car

Rialtoscuro

a blurry image of a light source

Vellichor

shelves with many books stacked and organized

Boorance

a group of objects on a table

Altschmerz

Yeorie

a woman with tendrils of smoke moving across her face

Offtides

close-up of a chromed metal object

The Kinder Surprise

Watashiato

Nowlings

a pile of black and white puzzle pieces

On Tenderhooks