Lydia Conwell :mastodon: · @lydiaconwell
848 followers · 8071 posts · Server mas.to

is largely about reading stuff you barely understand about people and things you know little about, and having to look up and to see that they mean.

#phrases #words #socialmedia

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Strong Language · @stronglang
531 followers · 46 posts · Server lingo.lol

Witch's Tits and Brass Monkey Balls: @GramrgednAngel on the rude phrases we use to refer to cold weather

stronglang.wordpress.com/2015/

#phrases #idioms #etymology

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! Quite Interesting · @notqikipedia
137 followers · 736 posts · Server toot.io

Phrase of the Day: FIZZLE-FARTING JOB - unprofitable labour, such as writing tweets for a parody account.

#phraseoftheday #phrases #words #work #unprofitable #unpaid #unfunny #qi #notqi

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GryphonSK · @GryphonSK
266 followers · 2902 posts · Server techhub.social
! Quite Interesting · @notqikipedia
107 followers · 680 posts · Server toot.io

LATCHKEY INCONTINENCE is the sudden need to urinate as soon as you get home.

LATCHKEY EJACULATION is the hurried orgasm achieved upon hearing your partner’s key in the door sooner than anticipated.

#phrases #words #slang #euphemisms #latchkey #doors #locks #urgent #urgency

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! Quite Interesting · @notqikipedia
94 followers · 665 posts · Server toot.io

In New Zealand slang, "an empty house is better than a bad tenant" is a phrase that can be said after farting or kicking out your tenants.

#newzealand #nz #slang #language #phrases #landlords #tenants #expulsions #qi #notqi

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T.B. Cristão :verified: · @Bellissiamo
29 followers · 135 posts · Server mstdn.social

My favorite Ukrainian tongue-twister is:

Ne turbuite kurku - kliuie kurka krupku. 🗣️🎙️

#phrases #tonguetwister #tonguetwisters #ukrainianculture #Ukraine

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! Quite Interesting · @notqikipedia
51 followers · 508 posts · Server toot.io

A Portuguese equivalent to the phrase ‘in the middle of nowhere’ is in Portuguese.

#phrases #language #portuguese #portugal

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Stan Carey · @stancarey
1046 followers · 647 posts · Server mastodon.ie

Blogs are so unfashionable now that it's a pleasant surprise when new comments appear on old posts, like this one on the troublesome phrase "beg the question"
stancarey.wordpress.com/2015/1

#language #phrases #etymology #idioms #blogging #descriptivism

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Stan Carey · @stancarey
1024 followers · 599 posts · Server mastodon.ie

TIL that "curry favour" is a folk etymology. The phrase referred originally, gloriously, to a corrupt horse named Fauvel.

worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-cur3.

#etymology #phrases #language #linguistics #horses

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Cainmark 🚲 · @cainmark
603 followers · 13219 posts · Server mstdn.social

Don't know why but certain words and phrases in the English language color my reactions to whoever authored them negatively, as in I wouldn't trust anything else they write.

"So cringe"

"It's Cheesy."

"Too clever by half".

"Not as smart as it thinks it is."

#phrases

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"This is not a democracy."

#home #phrases #gothic #horror #art

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Queer Lit Cats · @QLC
25 followers · 2005 posts · Server mastodon.roitsystems.ca
WACOCA · @wacoca
2 followers · 3851 posts · Server mastodon.cloud
Shantell Powell · @Shanmonster
289 followers · 805 posts · Server mastodon.lol

Does anyone have some good resources on phrases in Middle English?

#MiddleEnglish #phrases #writing #writingquestions #research

Last updated 2 years ago

Pwn Toney 🎹🎤 · @pwn_toney
248 followers · 176 posts · Server cc.pwntoney.com

does the phrase "welcome IN" annoy anybody but me?

I feel like the "in" part is implied in the "welcome" already. You can't welcome somebody out... lol
It's redundant, IMO 😂

#words #phrases #colloquialisms #sayings

Last updated 2 years ago

"OutOfExile_IDR-isms"

I thought I'd start a list of words and phrases that come out of my mind and update accordingly. These are just a few.

- The definition can be found by by clicking the hashtag.

has a pretty obvious meaning. 20 years ago when I first said this, I got a mental image of a dictionary definition with my siblings picture to illustrate.

- Are those who create, enjoy, laugh at, or in any way support humor, comedy, laughs, sarcasm and snark. Some jocularitians challenge norms and society.

I'd like to think "Rightligeous" was a term also spawned in my head but, I'm sure others must have used it before.

"The downfall of a wiseman is the assumption of another's ignorance". This was obviously inpired by ignorance and other's who have said somewhat similar things.

"Simply put, ableism is to disability as racism is to race. There is no place in society for either"
You'd be surprised how many still don't know this word. That's where the inspiration for this came from.

With the right perspective, ignorance sure can be inspirational.

Do you have any words or phrases that were a product of your thoughts?

OutOfExile_IDR -isms

Image courtesy of:
merriam-webster.com/words-at-p

#stigmatude #hypochristians #jocularistians #thoughts #philosophy #coined #words #phrases #hashtagsnobodywilleversearch #outofexileisms

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François Bon · @fbon
170 followers · 111 posts · Server mastodon.art

| phrase du dimanche 15 janvier 2023 à 19h15

nouvelle série/tentative pour la chaîne 2

youtube.com/watch?v=En3IzOLZoH

#phrases

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