Thwit

close-up of a person with forehead wrinkled and holding their head
CHAPTER:
Boats Against the Current
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CONCEPT:
Anemoia
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Tags:
Guilt-Shame
Time-Memory
Pain-Loss

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?

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Epistrix

several doors standing in a dark room

Aftersome

rows of opaque and clear marbles

Daguerreologue

Daguer-reologue

a man sitting in blurred silhouette at a desk

Archimony

a person looking at broken furniture

Austice

a leaf imprint in the mud

Vellichor

shelves with many books stacked and organized

Halfwise

a train coming towards the camera shot from the tracks

Inerrata

a hand holding a broken cup

Tirosy

a close-up of a young child's face

Pithered

stacks of papers and folders piled high on a table

O’Erpine

a person looking at a grave

Harke

a dreamlike image of a person's face over water

Keyframe

a large rock in the water with emanating ripples

Backmasking

a woman's face with a double exposure

Ecury

a close-up of cave drawings and symbols

Blinkback

a wall full of pictures and objects

Zysia

a kite soaring above an empty landscape

Present-Tense

a close-up of a stopwatch
RANDOM Words

Dystoria

close up of water drops on a window

Kairosclerosis

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Tarrion

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Mottleheaded

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Flichtish

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Punt Kick

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Aubadoir

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

Affogatia

miscellaneous items on a table

Ledsome

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