Star-Stuck

a man walking towards a door with a large question mark

Star-Stuck

adj.
exhausted by endless reviews and secondhand impressions; itching to stumble blindly into the world and make some mistakes, to wander around opening doors to restaurants and performances and movies you’ve never heard of, without the slightest idea of what to expect.

From star, a standard rating unit of reviews + stuck.

Anechosis

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

Vicarous

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

Future-Tense

a person looking at their reflection

Mithenness

a person standing on the side of a road

Fardle-Din

Cover image for the Fardle-Din word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Walloway

water faucet that seems to emanate from the ground