Offtides

close-up of a chromed metal object

Offtides

adj.
beginning to suspect that you’re living in a bizarre alternate reality, as if you had stumbled into a shimmering “What if?” thought bubble that somehow kept going, episode after episode.

After off, the state of being not quite normal or sane + offsides, a sports offense in which you find yourself on the wrong side at the wrong moment + tides, the normal ebb and flow of time.

Present-Tense

a close-up of a stopwatch

Dorgone

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

Etterath

a graduation cap and gown on a chair

Clockwise

a close-up of flower along with polaroid pictures

Scrough

a person working on the sidewalk

Rasque

close-up of the shards of a broken vase