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.”

Daguerreologue

Daguer-reologue

a man sitting in blurred silhouette at a desk

Wellium

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

Feresy

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

Skidding

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

Idlewild

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

Grayshift

a spiral staircase from above