Suerza

a tunnel with a light emanating from the end

Suerza

n.
a feeling of quiet amazement that you exist at all; a sense of gratitude that you were even born in the first place, that you somehow emerged alive and breathing despite all odds, having won an unbroken streak of reproductive lotteries that stretches all the way back to the beginning of life itself.

Spanish suerte, luck + fuerza, force. Pronounced “soo-wair-zuh.”

Ellipsism

a hand clawing at a wall

Knellish

a blurry image of a person lying on a bed

Rialtoscuro

a blurry image of a light source

Rookish

a stone tower with a person seated on top

Anchorage

a person's arm extended over river rapids

The Til

Cover image for the The Til word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Thwit

close-up of a person with forehead wrinkled and holding their head

Beloiter

a person sitting at a slot machine

Lackout

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

Proluctance

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

Poggled

a person studying a book with a magnifying glass

Innity

a neatly made bed with diffused light glowing

Pithered

stacks of papers and folders piled high on a table