Ben Ramsey :enfys: · @ramsey
3555 followers · 8453 posts · Server phpc.social

I have an Oxford English Dictionary subscription because I’m a nerd, but the lack of a mobile-friendly version of their website meant that I rarely used it. I just visited, and now, it’s glorious on mobile! When did they change it? Why didn’t they email their subscribers?

#oed

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Hippasus500 aka jwn2 · @Hippasus500
50 followers · 777 posts · Server federate.social

I have a new favorite word:
Turangawaewae: Originally and chiefly in Māori contexts: a place where one belongs or has established right of residence; a foothold, a home base. Also: a sense of identity and independence associated with this.

There’s no place like turangawaewae.

Prolly wouldn’t have worked in the movies…

#oed #englishlanguage

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/var/log/blog · @blog
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Andrew Shields · @AndrewShields
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Lukas · @w4ts0n
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LFSAlden · @sparrow
6 followers · 42 posts · Server social.0314159.xyz

Hit the OED before second coffee for help with the three completely different words "aught," "aught," and "aught."

#words #oed #wordgeek #ohforgoodnesssakethispoemmightbethedeathofme

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Kenneth Freeman · @Kencf618033
285 followers · 6527 posts · Server social.linux.pizza

TIL that "well-hung" is in the " as is "well-endowed".

#oed

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Kenneth Freeman · @Kencf618033
288 followers · 6507 posts · Server social.linux.pizza

Rather astounding that has neither nor .

#oed #wikipedia #lojban

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apgarcia · @apgarcia
102 followers · 993 posts · Server fosstodon.org

the oxford english dictionary is possibly the most scholarly work ever assembled. at one time, it could be purchased on cdrom. that product has been discontinued, but it can be found on the internet archive. i was thinking that it would be so nice if someone would reverse engineer the data on that cdrom... and then i found this!

michaelmeyer.fr/oed-unraveling

#oed #reversing

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Kenneth Freeman · @Kencf618033
287 followers · 6402 posts · Server social.linux.pizza

Whatever happened to "entrepreneur"?

#oed

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Kenneth Freeman · @Kencf618033
286 followers · 6393 posts · Server social.linux.pizza

Hey, "noot" is in the , albeit not in the Mastodon sense. A variant of "note", which... fits, kinda-sorta.

#oed

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ver.di BSH · @bsh
10 followers · 23 posts · Server norden.social

Zurück von den Tarifverhandlungen aus Potsdam möchte unsere Kollegin Heike Schlesinger hiermit noch einige Informationen zum Verhandlungsverlauf und der Tarifeinigung weitergeben, da die Medien nicht immer alles eindeutig und vollumfänglich darstellen. Nicht erschrecken, der Text ist etwas länger geworden, aber hoffentlich trotzdem interessant.

Hier geht es zum Beitrag: verdi-bsh.de/tarifeinigung

#tarifeinigung #od #oed #verdi #heikeschlesinger #tarifverhandlungen #tarifverhandlung

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ver.di BSH · @bsh
10 followers · 23 posts · Server norden.social

Zurück von den Tarifverhandlungen aus Potsdam möchte unsere Kollegin Heike Schlesinger hiermit noch einige Informationen zum Verhandlungsverlauf und der Tarifeinigung weitergeben, da die Medien nicht immer alles eindeutig und vollumfänglich darstellen. Nicht erschrecken, der Text ist etwas länger geworden, aber hoffentlich trotzdem interessant.

verdi-bsh.de/tarifeinigung

#tarifeinigung #od #oed #verdi #heikeschlesinger #tarifverhandlungen #tarifverhandlung

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Kenneth Freeman · @Kencf618033
257 followers · 5505 posts · Server social.linux.pizza

TIL doesn't have the root word (gismu) "set". Which TBF has the longest entry in the .

#lojban #oed

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infoDOCKET · @infodocket
235 followers · 419 posts · Server newsie.social

Video Recording: "The Oxford of African American English: First 100 Words"
youtube.com/watch?v=_A89Of-k0N

#dictionary #dictionaries #oup #oed

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Kenneth Freeman · @Kencf618033
251 followers · 5242 posts · Server social.linux.pizza

1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. iv. 68 At your age The heyday in the blood is tame, it's humble.

#oed

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Kenneth Freeman · @Kencf618033
251 followers · 5233 posts · Server social.linux.pizza

1938 C. Porter Compl. Lyrics (1983) 170 A romp and a quickie is all little Dickie means when he mentions romance.

#oed

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Kenneth Freeman · @Kencf618033
251 followers · 5232 posts · Server social.linux.pizza

1708 Act 7 Anne c. 14 §1 Whereas of late Years several Charitable..Persons have..erected Libraries within several Parishes and Districts.

#oed

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Lukas (w4ts0n) · @w4ts0n
44 followers · 3102 posts · Server nerdculture.de

Frage: Gibt es schon einen regelmäßigen analogen/digitalen/hybriden Stammtisch zum Austausch von Menschen aus dem öD?

:replyOk: :boost_ok:

#oed #OD #offentlicheverwaltung #Austausch

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Kenneth Freeman · @Kencf618033
241 followers · 4960 posts · Server social.linux.pizza

One-Eyed doll named One-Eyed doll of Austin Texas, picked the Punk Band Award in 2009 and the Austin Music Awards SXSW One Eyed Deal on 21 March 2021 after its long recurrence

jbo.wikipedia.org/wiki/lu_pa_k



#oed #lojban #wikipedia

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