Evertheless

a person floating in water

Evertheless

n.
the fear that this is ultimately as good as your life is ever going to get—that the ebb and flow of your fortunes is actually just now hitting its high-water mark, and soon enough you’ll sense the tide of life slowly begin to recede.

From ever + nevertheless. Pronounced “ev-er-thuh-les.”

Wollah

a person with shapes raining on them

Ellipsism

a hand clawing at a wall

Nodrophobia

close-up of a stained shirt

Craxis

a tall house of cards

Tornomov

a cloudy sky and landscape

Eftless

a person with hands pressed on a window

Kadot

a person looking at an abstract spiral

Beloiter

a person sitting at a slot machine

Aoyaoia

a person holding a guitar

Karanoia

a neat stack of white paper

Nilous

a person standing at a bus terminal

Arroia

people standing on a stage

Ecsis

a hand holding a fossil

Hem-Jawed

an abstract image of someone touching their face

Dystoria

close up of water drops on a window

Rialtoscuro

a blurry image of a light source

Suerza

a tunnel with a light emanating from the end

Moriturism

a person resting in the back seat of a car

Soufrise

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

Gobo

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

Boorance

a group of objects on a table

Austice

a leaf imprint in the mud

Daguerreologue

Daguer-reologue

a man sitting in blurred silhouette at a desk

Keta

a hand reaching through paper with a flower drawing

Keir

a snowy landscape with trees and a fence

Punt Kick

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

Winnewaw

a person wearing a party hat