Siso

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Siso

n.
a solitary experience you wish you could have shared with someone else—having dinner in a romantic setting, reaching the summit after an arduous climb, having a run-in with a crazy stranger that nobody’s going to believe—which makes you look around for confirmation that it even happened at all.

Welsh si-so, see-saw, an invention that can only ever be enjoyed by multiple people; when used alone, it’s just a wonky bench. Pronounced “see-soh.”

Nullness

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Amuse-Douche

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Momophobia

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Anaphasia

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Burn Upon Reentry

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Adronitis

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Hemeisis

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Mimeomia

a person wearing an animal onesie garment

Hobsmacked

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Poggled

a person studying a book with a magnifying glass

Hailbound

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Etherness

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Loss Of Backing

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Anticious

a group of men in hats looking at elevated signage

Ochisia

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Scrough

a person working on the sidewalk

Echthesia

blurry image of two clocks

The Whipgraft Delusion

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Mcfeely

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Keir

a snowy landscape with trees and a fence