Inerrata

a hand holding a broken cup

Inerrata

n.
a kind of mistake you wouldn’t take back even if you could; the reluctance to disown a broken relationship or agonizing experience that has since become part of who you are, and trying to disown it would mean you’re trying to live some other life.

Latin in-, not + errata, mistakes in a printed work. Pronounced “in-eh-rah-tuh.”

Altschmerz

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

Nachlophobia

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

Harke

a dreamlike image of a person's face over water

Spinning Playback Head

silhouette of a person looking out a window

Keta

a hand reaching through paper with a flower drawing

Backmasking

a woman's face with a double exposure