Thwit

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

Thwit

n.
a pang of shame when an embarrassing memory from adolescence rushes back into your head from out of nowhere, which is somehow no less painful even if nobody else remembers it happened in the first place.

Acronym of The Hell Was I Thinking?

Heart Of Aces

a person covering their eyes with their hands

Halfwise

a train coming towards the camera shot from the tracks

Inerrata

a hand holding a broken cup

Archimony

a person looking at broken furniture

Anchorage

a person's arm extended over river rapids

Backmasking

a woman's face with a double exposure

Present-Tense

a close-up of a stopwatch

Mithenness

a person standing on the side of a road

Daguerreologue

Daguer-reologue

a man sitting in blurred silhouette at a desk

Lisolia

a bookcase containing objects

Etterath

a graduation cap and gown on a chair

Rasque

close-up of the shards of a broken vase

Blinkback

a wall full of pictures and objects

Yeorie

a woman with tendrils of smoke moving across her face

Anticious

a group of men in hats looking at elevated signage

Keta

a hand reaching through paper with a flower drawing

Harke

a dreamlike image of a person's face over water

Aftersome

rows of opaque and clear marbles

Vaucasy

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

Addleworth

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Nachlophobia

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

Apolytus

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Hobsmacked

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

The Standard Blues

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

Querinous

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

Nullness

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

Solla, Solla, Solla

a hand reaching out for plant tendril