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.

Epistrix

several doors standing in a dark room

Slipfast

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

Addleworth

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

Suerza

a tunnel with a light emanating from the end

Manusia

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

Craxis

a tall house of cards