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.

Future-Tense

a person looking at their reflection

Nemotia

a city with clouds of smoke

Aimonomia

close-up of a plant with lights glowing in background

Eftless

a person with hands pressed on a window

Offtides

close-up of a chromed metal object

Elosy

a blurry image of a person in a subway car

Arroia

people standing on a stage

Caucic

a close-up of a stone walking path

Boorance

a group of objects on a table

Aoyaoia

a person holding a guitar

Mogging Folly

a person sitting on a bench

Wollah

a person with shapes raining on them

Galagog

a person alone in a snowy desolate landscape

Moriturism

a person resting in the back seat of a car

Nodrophobia

close-up of a stained shirt

Suerza

a tunnel with a light emanating from the end

Beloiter

a person sitting at a slot machine

Angosis

a table full of food

Moriturism

a person resting in the back seat of a car

Eisce

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

Aponemia

a group of people standing together

Backmasking

a woman's face with a double exposure

Gobo

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

Hem-Jawed

an abstract image of someone touching their face

Indosentia

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

Tirosy

a close-up of a young child's face

Ecsis

a hand holding a fossil