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.”

Rookish

a stone tower with a person seated on top

Galagog

a person alone in a snowy desolate landscape

Boorance

a group of objects on a table

Nemotia

a city with clouds of smoke

Hailbound

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

Present-Tense

a close-up of a stopwatch

Spinning Playback Head

silhouette of a person looking out a window

Nowlings

a pile of black and white puzzle pieces

Dorgone

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

Semaphorism

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

Blinkback

a wall full of pictures and objects

The Meantime

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

Kuebiko

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