Keir

a snowy landscape with trees and a fence

Keir

n.
an ill-fated attempt to reenact a beloved memory years later, returning to a place that once felt like home, only to find it now feels uncannily off, like walking through a wax museum of your own childhood.

Dutch kier, fissure or narrow opening, as in the midpoint of an hourglass. Pronounced “keer.”

Ecsis

a hand holding a fossil

Mithenness

a person standing on the side of a road

Alpha Exposure

a close-up of a baby with diffusion filter

Galagog

a person alone in a snowy desolate landscape

Zielschmerz

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

Hickering

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