Star-Stuck

a man walking towards a door with a large question mark

Star-Stuck

adj.
exhausted by endless reviews and secondhand impressions; itching to stumble blindly into the world and make some mistakes, to wander around opening doors to restaurants and performances and movies you’ve never heard of, without the slightest idea of what to expect.

From star, a standard rating unit of reviews + stuck.

Tarrion

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

Candling

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

Pithered

stacks of papers and folders piled high on a table

Burn Upon Reentry

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Adronitis

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

Walloway

water faucet that seems to emanate from the ground