Nowlings

a pile of black and white puzzle pieces

Nowlings

n.
the total set of human beings alive at any given time, a group that nudges slightly forward whenever a new baby is born or the world’s oldest person dies, and turns over completely every hundred years or so; a random assemblage of billions of contemporaries who you feel an odd sense of connection to, because whatever problems we might face right now, we’re all facing them simultaneously.

From now, the present moment + -lings, inhabitants of.

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Eftless

a person with hands pressed on a window

Epistrix

several doors standing in a dark room

Rivener

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

Craxis

a tall house of cards

Heartworm

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

Ironsick

a group of random devices