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.

Ecsis

a hand holding a fossil

Ellipsism

a hand clawing at a wall

Angosis

a table full of food

Future-Tense

a person looking at their reflection

Grayshift

a spiral staircase from above

Starlorn

snow flakes in the dark

Aponemia

a group of people standing together

Nodrophobia

close-up of a stained shirt

Mogging Folly

a person sitting on a bench

Adomania

a person riding a horse

Moriturism

a person resting in the back seat of a car

Aoyaoia

a person holding a guitar

Tornomov

a cloudy sky and landscape

Elosy

a blurry image of a person in a subway car

Achenia

a close-up of a bottle with an organic object inside

Karanoia

a neat stack of white paper

Eftless

a person with hands pressed on a window

Irrition

a close up of a dandelion

Lilo

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

Eftless

a person with hands pressed on a window

Watashiato

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

Karanoia

a neat stack of white paper

Beloiter

a person sitting at a slot machine

Winnewaw

a person wearing a party hat

Zielschmerz

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

Backmasking

a woman's face with a double exposure

Feresy

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