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.

La Cuna

Cover image for the La Cuna word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Keyframe

a large rock in the water with emanating ripples

Halfwise

a train coming towards the camera shot from the tracks

Querinous

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Pax Latrina

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Desanté

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