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.

Mithenness

a person standing on the side of a road

Emorries

a magnifying glass over photos and books

Alpha Exposure

a close-up of a baby with diffusion filter

Echthesia

blurry image of two clocks

Nowlings

a pile of black and white puzzle pieces

Enterhood

adults with stern expressions holding a child

Anticious

a group of men in hats looking at elevated signage

Affogatia

miscellaneous items on a table

Kerisl

piles of old books scattered in an abandoned room

Appriesse

a blurry image of a person looking at mounted images

Midsummer

a person standing in a garden holding a clock

Etterath

a graduation cap and gown on a chair

Lilo

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

Burn Upon Reentry

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Punt Kick

Cover image for the Punt Kick word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Slipfast

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

Heart Of Aces

a person covering their eyes with their hands

Viadne

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

Agnosthesia

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Indosentia

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

Amentalio

a person in a white dress, facing away