Aponemia

a group of people standing together

Aponemia

n.
the peculiar quality of never having chosen to be born, which is shared by everyone else around you; the curious awareness that even though earthly life might be the most exciting party in the universe, somehow everyone in attendance had been dragged here by a friend or stumbled in by accident.

Greek απονέμω (aponémo), to bestow. Pronounced “ap-uh-nee-mee-uh.”

Tarrion

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

Spinning Playback Head

silhouette of a person looking out a window

Affogatia

miscellaneous items on a table

Heartmoor

a campfire with a kettle many small logs

Rubatosis

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

Austice

a leaf imprint in the mud