Pâro

Pâro

n.
the feeling that everything you do is always somehow wrong—that there’s nothing you can eat that’s actually healthy, nothing you can say that isn’t problematic, no way to raise your kids that won’t leave them traumatized—which makes you wonder if there’s some obvious way forward that everybody can see but you, each of them leaning back in their chair and calling out helpfully, “Colder... colder... colder...”

From par 0 (par zero), a theoretical hole on a golf course in which it’s already too late—no matter how well you hit the ball, you’ve already fallen behind. The circumflex on the â is a tiny symbol of someone trying for something then retreating. Compare the Spanish paro, a stoppage or a freezing-up. Pronounced “pahr-oh.”

Aftergloom

Hemeisis

Hailbound

Kuebiko

Anaphasia

Pax Latrina

Anti-Aliasing

Latigo

aerial view of a city at night

Amuse-Douche

Ledsome

Adronitis

Eisce

Momophobia

Lockheartedness

Ludiosis

Siso

Poggled

a person studying a book with a magnifying glass

Wytai

Deep Gut

Rialtoscuro

a blurry image of a light source

Future-Tense

a person looking at their reflection

Mithenness

a person standing on the side of a road

Emodox

The Mcfly Effect

Aulasy

a blurry image of a house on the road

Lilo

Wollah

a person with shapes raining on them