I forgive you,
cause
you can’t forgive
yourself,
for not being enough
I remember thinking 10 years ago tonight "well, at least 2016 can't be any worse than this was". Oops, never mind..
Let's hope this will be the year breaks the cursed streak we've been on.
@mattblaze You’ve always had the power to go back to normal times. Just close your eyes, #hashtag #three #words in every toot, and think to yourself, “There’s no place like putting a content warning on each and every thing I write.”
Jess Mahler
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Wishing everyone a very Happy New Year! I capped off 2025 as a paid writer by sellig a one-paragraph short to a publication for one dollar. Follow your dreams. Any resolutions? Not me. I wouldn't keep them. #newyear #newyear2026 #resolution #resolutions #notme #fun #bookstodon #mastodon #writingCommunity #socialnetwork #social #socialweb #writersCoffeeClub #writer #followyourdreams #publishing #scribesAndMakers #work #words #writing #writers #writersLife #humor #funny #holiday #dollar #world
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Wishing everyone a very Happy New Year! I capped off 2025 as a paid writer by sellig a one-paragraph short to a publication for one dollar. Follow your dreams. Any resolutions? Not me. I wouldn't keep them. #newyear #newyear2026 #resolution #resolutions #notme #fun #bookstodon #mastodon #writingCommunity #socialnetwork #social #socialweb #writersCoffeeClub #writer #followyourdreams #publishing #scribesAndMakers #work #words #writing #writers #writersLife #humor #funny #holiday #dollar #world
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Michael Kohl 🇦🇹🇹🇭
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Tim Chambers
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Merriam-Webster's human editors say that "slop" is their word of the year. Here are some others that stood out to them, from "gerrymander" to "Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg."
#Words #Language #Linguistics #Dictionary #WordOfTheYear #MerriamWebster
Merriam-Webster's human editors say that "slop" is their word of the year. Here are some others that stood out to them, from "gerrymander" to "Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg."
#Words #Language #Linguistics #Dictionary #WordOfTheYear #MerriamWebster
Anke
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Yesterday, I was talking with spouse about the various words in English that come from the Latin word for lead: plumbum.
There’s plumber, plumb-bob, and vertical things being plumb. Probably other things too.
But I suddenly said to him, “I wonder if plum as in ‘plum crazy’ is another such word?”
So I just looked it up, and the answer is yes:
‘The notion of "exact measurement" led to the extended adverbial sense of "completely, downright" (1748), sometimes spelled plump, plum, or plunk.’
My present brain worm aka words that I keep repeating subconsciously - “There’s nothing to do, there’s nowhere to go” #quotes #words #meditation
Yesterday, I was talking with spouse about the various words in English that come from the Latin word for lead: plumbum.
There’s plumber, plumb-bob, and vertical things being plumb. Probably other things too.
But I suddenly said to him, “I wonder if plum as in ‘plum crazy’ is another such word?”
So I just looked it up, and the answer is yes:
‘The notion of "exact measurement" led to the extended adverbial sense of "completely, downright" (1748), sometimes spelled plump, plum, or plunk.’
Almost without fail, when someone comments on https://minutecryptic.com that they've "never heard that word", they haven't watched enough Monty Python. https://youtu.be/Jn0UPXd7zlA?si=EftvrDlikL5xfhqd
#wordPuzzles #MontyPython #words
Alex, the Hearth Fire
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The surprisingly connected origins of "energy" and "work". #etymology #wordnerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #lingcomm #energy #work
The surprisingly connected origins of "energy" and "work". #etymology #wordnerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #lingcomm #energy #work
hypebot
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mark my #words
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Alex, the Hearth Fire
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The surprisingly connected origins of "helicopter" and "wallet".
#etymology #wordnerd #linguistics#HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #lingcomm #helicopter #wallet #turning
The surprisingly connected origins of "helicopter" and "wallet".
#etymology #wordnerd #linguistics#HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #lingcomm #helicopter #wallet #turning