Ironsick

a group of random devices

Ironsick

adj.
feeling hollowed out by excessive exposure to modern technology, which is so fast and stimulating that it makes everything else feel drab and messy by comparison—as if you’d unwittingly developed a psychological allergy to chaos, which leaves you feeling punchy and lonely and numb, even though your life might be as peaceful and predictable as it’s ever been.

From iron sick, a nautical term for when an old ship’s iron nails become rusted out, allowing seepage of seawater through the wooden hull.

Adomania

a person riding a horse

Aponemia

a group of people standing together

Kadot

a person looking at an abstract spiral

Craxis

a tall house of cards

Hem-Jawed

an abstract image of someone touching their face

Nilous

a person standing at a bus terminal

Furosha

a storm raging in the sky over a building

Dystoria

close up of water drops on a window

Evertheless

a person floating in water

Starlorn

snow flakes in the dark

Tornomov

a cloudy sky and landscape

Ecsis

a hand holding a fossil

Grayshift

a spiral staircase from above

Karanoia

a neat stack of white paper

Winnewaw

a person wearing a party hat

Irrition

a close up of a dandelion

Ironsick

a group of random devices

Achenia

a close-up of a bottle with an organic object inside

Beloiter

a person sitting at a slot machine

Present-Tense

a close-up of a stopwatch

Punt Kick

Cover image for the Punt Kick word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Latigo

aerial view of a city at night

Lackout

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

Aulasy

a blurry image of a house on the road

Future-Tense

a person looking at their reflection

Liberosis

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

Keyframe

a large rock in the water with emanating ripples