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.”

Midsummer

a person standing in a garden holding a clock

Echthesia

blurry image of two clocks

Walloway

water faucet that seems to emanate from the ground

Nowlings

a pile of black and white puzzle pieces

Lap Year

several people racing bicycles uphill in a forest

Énouement

a hand opening a curtain

Cullaways

a lone sand castle on a beach at low tide

Keir

a snowy landscape with trees and a fence

Pithered

stacks of papers and folders piled high on a table

Zysia

a kite soaring above an empty landscape

Kerisl

piles of old books scattered in an abandoned room

Epistrix

several doors standing in a dark room

Latigo

aerial view of a city at night

The Meantime

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

Inerrata

a hand holding a broken cup

Foilsick

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Fardle-Din

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Ellipsism

a hand clawing at a wall

Idlewild

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

The Mcfly Effect

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

Eisce

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