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.

Kerisl

piles of old books scattered in an abandoned room

Epistrix

several doors standing in a dark room

Nementia

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

Nyctous

a person walking in the middle of a street

Dorgone

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

Bareleveling

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