RevPudDudley · @revpuddudley
0 followers · 59 posts · Server norcal.socialDon't be That Guy: Once again someone uses a word he's heard [someone's numbnuts attorney] and doesn't understand -- 'fulsome' describes the way Trumpoids praise the 'man', the meaning 'fuller than full' is unknown to people who ever heard that word. As for 'decimated', oh that's too easy ...
#usage #vocabulary
Eryck Gutteral · @GothFvck
24 followers · 337 posts · Server metalhead.clubI only recently learned that people seem to refer to /palm muting/ as "chugging". Apparently, this has been the #vocabulary for several years now.
#deathmetal #deathcore #djent #progressivemetal #guitar #technique
#technique #guitar #progressivemetal #djent #deathcore #deathmetal #vocabulary
𐪅𐪀𐪈 𐪑𐪁𐪉 · @WahbAllat
288 followers · 420 posts · Server mas.toلائحة ببعض المفردات الأوغارتية، إذا تعرف العربية ستتعرف على معظمها
A list of Ugaritic vocabulary, if you know Arabic you will recognize most of them
https://ancientroadpublications.com/Studies/AncientLanguage/Ugaritic.pdf
#semitic #arabic #linguistics #vocabulary #Ugaritic
consumableJoy · @consumableJoy
365 followers · 1568 posts · Server artisan.chatWalked past a place offering “booty facials” today. Clearly they do not understand the meaning of “facial”. Please suggest alternate terms for this service. #language #vocabulary #facial
Strong Language · @stronglang
530 followers · 42 posts · Server lingo.lol
Bill Watterson was right about this, too. Swearing does not indicate impoverished vocabulary
https://www.mcla.edu/Assets/MCLA-Files/Academics/Undergraduate/Psychology/fluency%202015.pdf
#swearing #profanity #vocabulary #linguistics #TabooWords #mythbusting #CalvinAndHobbes #comics
#swearing #profanity #vocabulary #linguistics #taboowords #mythbusting #calvinandhobbes #comics
JanetteSpeyer · @janettespeyer
264 followers · 1113 posts · Server flipboard.socialI just heard a new word today “photosplained” 😂📸 #photography #words #vocabulary
#photography #words #vocabulary
copperred · @copperred
82 followers · 868 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org
Swedish street names can, when I think about their actual meaning, kick off all kinds of thoughts. In my hometown some of the major memories are bound up in the same named street.
That it means rope maker's street in the language I use most often eluded me. I think of Swedish things in Swedish aka why I don't know a lot of tree names in English but I know them without thinking in Swedish.
#sweden #swedish #vocabulary
Sean Murthy · @smurthys
211 followers · 2560 posts · Server hachyderm.io
Ultragramps · @ultragramps
23 followers · 270 posts · Server dice.camp
Andrew Shields · @AndrewShields
99 followers · 1139 posts · Server mas.toReading Evaristo Ribera Chevremont (1896-1976) and making vocabulary cards for his poems. #111Words #EvaristoRiberaChevremont #Poesía #Poetry #Spanish #PuertoRico #Vocabulary #Anki https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2023/07/reading-evaristo-ribera-chevremont-1896.html
#anki #vocabulary #puertorico #spanish #poetry #poesia #evaristoriberachevremont #111words
Rebecca · @WordyAnchorite
92 followers · 1092 posts · Server deacon.social#Vocabulary / #dialect poll.
On a hot day, if I said I was going to go "swizzle off", would you know what I meant?
Cork French · @corkfrench
33 followers · 272 posts · Server mastodon.ie
#wordoftheday FÊTE CHAMPÊTRE - 1. N. a garden party, picnic, or similar outdoor entertainment.
More definitions: https://ow.ly/uvKt50OSYuR
#collinsdictionary #words #vocabulary #language #fêtechampêtre
via @CollinsDict
#wordoftheday #collinsdictionary #words #vocabulary #language #fetechampetre
Sascha Wolfer · @sascha_wolfer
448 followers · 319 posts · Server fediscience.org
New preprint: We present a new #dataset on the #German #language: DeReKoGram includes uni-, bi-, and trigram frequencies, lemma and POS information for a corpus of around 43 billion tokens.
We evaluate the distribution over the 16 datasets and present a (small) case study on #vocabulary growth.
At https://www.owid.de/plus/derekogram, we provide #Python, #Rstats and #Stata code that should help you getting started with the dataset.
Preprint available at https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3139640/v1.
#linguistics #stata #rstats #python #vocabulary #language #german #DataSet
mariah levin · @mariah1081
6 followers · 113 posts · Server mastodon.me.uk
Janekdererste · @janekdererste
17 followers · 345 posts · Server det.social
This is such a great feature when reading the #newyorktimes as a non native speaker #iOS #translation #vocabulary
#newyorktimes #ios #translation #vocabulary
Rev. Dr. Sir Wayne Murillo III · @Wayne_Murillo
274 followers · 197 posts · Server kolektiva.socialIs there a word for the opposite of a #scapegoat? For instance, the way false threats involving children have been used to drive transphobia and homophobia. The way false threats involving white women have been used to kill black men and boys, #EmmitTill to start.
What is the word for the opposite of a scapegoat: a group who is defined as helpless against an outgroup to drive fear?
If no word exists, do you have ideas?
#Vocabulary #WhatWord #Racism #Sexism #Homophobia #Transphobia #Question #Academia #Theory #Fascism
#scapegoat #emmittill #vocabulary #whatword #racism #sexism #homophobia #transphobia #question #academia #theory #fascism
🥥 Tucker Carlson's Nuts 🥥 · @JStatePost
673 followers · 16136 posts · Server newsie.social@UnFitz2
#TootRating = 9/10
Would have been 10/10 if you had hash tagged #vocabulary.
I know you'll do better next time, Babe. 🥥
mariah levin · @mariah1081
7 followers · 104 posts · Server mastodon.me.uk
mariah levin · @mariah1081
7 followers · 99 posts · Server mastodon.me.uk
Inhae · @Inhae
414 followers · 1869 posts · Server mindly.socialThe short story I started in Korean is about kidnap negotiations. There are a lot of words I didn’t know or have forgotten. Here are just some of them:
전과자 (前科者): ex-convict.
은신처 (隱身處): hideout.
종범 (從犯): accomplice. (Opp. 주범 (主犯) main perpetrator).
협상 (協商): negotiations.
유기징역 (有期懲役): penal servitude for a definite term.
가석방 (假釋放): parole.
I should really make an effort to remember words that often appear in crime fiction like the ones above.
#korean #vocabulary #languagelearning