Inerrata

a hand holding a broken cup

Inerrata

n.
a kind of mistake you wouldn’t take back even if you could; the reluctance to disown a broken relationship or agonizing experience that has since become part of who you are, and trying to disown it would mean you’re trying to live some other life.

Latin in-, not + errata, mistakes in a printed work. Pronounced “in-eh-rah-tuh.”

Spinning Playback Head

silhouette of a person looking out a window

Anchorage

a person's arm extended over river rapids

Keta

a hand reaching through paper with a flower drawing

Pithered

stacks of papers and folders piled high on a table

Thwit

close-up of a person with forehead wrinkled and holding their head

Affogatia

miscellaneous items on a table

Backmasking

a woman's face with a double exposure

O’Erpine

a person looking at a grave

Harke

a dreamlike image of a person's face over water

Rasque

close-up of the shards of a broken vase

Emorries

a magnifying glass over photos and books

Zysia

a kite soaring above an empty landscape

Tirosy

a close-up of a young child's face

Hiddled

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

Siso

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

Ecsis

a hand holding a fossil

Flichtish

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

Halfwise

a train coming towards the camera shot from the tracks

The Standard Blues

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

Mal De Coucou

a blurry image of several men

Mcfeely

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