Spinning Playback Head

silhouette of a person looking out a window

Spinning Playback Head

n.
the disorienting feeling of meeting back up with an old friend and realizing that you’ve become different people on divergent paths—that even though they’re standing right in front of you, the person you once knew isn’t really there anymore.

After the part of a VCR that reads the signal on a videotape.

Winnewaw

a person wearing a party hat

Deep Gut

Cover image for the Deep Gut word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Tirosy

a close-up of a young child's face

Routwash

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

Gaudia Civis

a close-up of a gear

Watashiato

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