Galagog

a person alone in a snowy desolate landscape

Galagog

n.
the state of being simultaneously entranced and unsettled by the vastness of the cosmos, which makes your deepest concerns feel laughably quaint, yet vanishingly rare.

From galaxy, a gravitationally bound system of millions of stars + agog, awestruck. Pronounced “gal-uh-gawg.”

Flashover

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

Endzoned

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

Blinkback

a wall full of pictures and objects

Trueholding

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

Rialtoscuro

a blurry image of a light source

Latigo

aerial view of a city at night