Hem-Jawed

an abstract image of someone touching their face

Hem-Jawed

adj.
feeling trapped inside your own language, struggling to shake away the baggage weighing down certain words, unable to break out of its age-old structures and melodies, frustrated that the scattering of verbal pigments on its palette could never quite capture the colors in your head.

From hem, an attempt to clear the throat + jaw, coarse babble.

La Gaudière

Cover image for the La Gaudière word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Mimeomia

a person wearing an animal onesie garment

Fawtle

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

Moriturism

a person resting in the back seat of a car

Affogatia

miscellaneous items on a table

Fygophobia

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