Walloway

water faucet that seems to emanate from the ground

Walloway

n.
a sense memory you’ve mulled over so thoroughly that it’s become totally drained of emotion—having replayed an old song to death, over- binged a favorite sitcom, or spent too much time in the old neighborhood —inadvertently depleting a wellspring of nostalgia by watering it down with newer connotations.

From wallow, to indulge or soak in something + away. Pronounced “wol-uh-wey.”

Aulasy

a blurry image of a house on the road

Thwit

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

Anticious

a group of men in hats looking at elevated signage

Solla, Solla, Solla

a hand reaching out for plant tendril

Fellchaser

a blurred shadow of a person in a dark room

Blinkback

a wall full of pictures and objects

Epistrix

several doors standing in a dark room

Vellichor

shelves with many books stacked and organized

Pithered

stacks of papers and folders piled high on a table

Echthesia

blurry image of two clocks

Inerrata

a hand holding a broken cup

Nowlings

a pile of black and white puzzle pieces

Rasque

close-up of the shards of a broken vase

Harke

a dreamlike image of a person's face over water

Enterhood

adults with stern expressions holding a child

Cullaways

a lone sand castle on a beach at low tide

Mithenness

a person standing on the side of a road

Austice

a leaf imprint in the mud

The Unsharp Mask

a mirror with a reflection of a person

Vulture Shock

Cover image for the Vulture Shock word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Hailbound

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Sitheless

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

Pax Latrina

Cover image for the Pax Latrina word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Desanté

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

Anticious

a group of men in hats looking at elevated signage

Backmasking

a woman's face with a double exposure

Routwash

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