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@secondmentions.bsky.social Onions "the humble allium".
just received word that onions have been ranked the "number one vegetable" of 2025. that makes 7,448 years in a row of the humble allium placing in the top 3, a stretch of unrivaled dominance that is unlikely to ever be beaten by other greats like cabbage or chili pepper
December 31, 2025 at 5:23 PM
@secondmentions.bsky.social Onions "the humble allium".
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Miss Piggy: "the porcine prima-donna" gets the prize, with extra points for the agronomic alliteration.
Happy New Year to you too.
Happy New Year to you too.
December 31, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Miss Piggy: "the porcine prima-donna" gets the prize, with extra points for the agronomic alliteration.
Happy New Year to you too.
Happy New Year to you too.
Big thanks to all our followers for your submissions over the last year / 12 months / 365 days - we couldn't have done it without you!
🥂 Wishing you all a happy new year 🥂
🥂 Wishing you all a happy new year 🥂
December 31, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Big thanks to all our followers for your submissions over the last year / 12 months / 365 days - we couldn't have done it without you!
🥂 Wishing you all a happy new year 🥂
🥂 Wishing you all a happy new year 🥂
DECEMBER
Paddington: "the furry Peruvian fave"
Scotch eggs: "the boulderous, deep-fried orbs"
Santa: "the avuncular gift-giver"
North Korea: "the notorious hermit kingdom"
FIFA: "the bloated, Geneva-based football fiefdom"
Grim reaper: "the old skeletal scyther"
Paddington: "the furry Peruvian fave"
Scotch eggs: "the boulderous, deep-fried orbs"
Santa: "the avuncular gift-giver"
North Korea: "the notorious hermit kingdom"
FIFA: "the bloated, Geneva-based football fiefdom"
Grim reaper: "the old skeletal scyther"
December 31, 2025 at 12:27 PM
DECEMBER
Paddington: "the furry Peruvian fave"
Scotch eggs: "the boulderous, deep-fried orbs"
Santa: "the avuncular gift-giver"
North Korea: "the notorious hermit kingdom"
FIFA: "the bloated, Geneva-based football fiefdom"
Grim reaper: "the old skeletal scyther"
Paddington: "the furry Peruvian fave"
Scotch eggs: "the boulderous, deep-fried orbs"
Santa: "the avuncular gift-giver"
North Korea: "the notorious hermit kingdom"
FIFA: "the bloated, Geneva-based football fiefdom"
Grim reaper: "the old skeletal scyther"
NOVEMBER
Mustard: "the tangy condiment"
Yorkshire: "the Last of the Summer Wine county"
Seagulls: "the snatching seaside scourges"
Fencing: "the sword-fighting sport"
Miss Piggy: "the porcine prima donna"
Cosmopolitan: "the garishly pink, fruity concoction"
Mustard: "the tangy condiment"
Yorkshire: "the Last of the Summer Wine county"
Seagulls: "the snatching seaside scourges"
Fencing: "the sword-fighting sport"
Miss Piggy: "the porcine prima donna"
Cosmopolitan: "the garishly pink, fruity concoction"
December 31, 2025 at 12:16 PM
NOVEMBER
Mustard: "the tangy condiment"
Yorkshire: "the Last of the Summer Wine county"
Seagulls: "the snatching seaside scourges"
Fencing: "the sword-fighting sport"
Miss Piggy: "the porcine prima donna"
Cosmopolitan: "the garishly pink, fruity concoction"
Mustard: "the tangy condiment"
Yorkshire: "the Last of the Summer Wine county"
Seagulls: "the snatching seaside scourges"
Fencing: "the sword-fighting sport"
Miss Piggy: "the porcine prima donna"
Cosmopolitan: "the garishly pink, fruity concoction"
OCTOBER
Cocaine: "the stimulating, moreish drug"
Green turtle: "the ancient mariner"
Polo: "the horse and hammer-based sport"
Oxygen: "the life-supporting gas"
Yorkshire pudding: "the classic butter-and-fat side dish"
Cocaine: "the stimulating, moreish drug"
Green turtle: "the ancient mariner"
Polo: "the horse and hammer-based sport"
Oxygen: "the life-supporting gas"
Yorkshire pudding: "the classic butter-and-fat side dish"
December 31, 2025 at 12:10 PM
OCTOBER
Cocaine: "the stimulating, moreish drug"
Green turtle: "the ancient mariner"
Polo: "the horse and hammer-based sport"
Oxygen: "the life-supporting gas"
Yorkshire pudding: "the classic butter-and-fat side dish"
Cocaine: "the stimulating, moreish drug"
Green turtle: "the ancient mariner"
Polo: "the horse and hammer-based sport"
Oxygen: "the life-supporting gas"
Yorkshire pudding: "the classic butter-and-fat side dish"
SEPTEMBER
Sharks: "the hostile cartilaginous fish"
Crayfish: "the lobster-like crustacean"
Toasters: "the bread-browning machines"
Penguins: "the black and white Antarctic waddlers"
London's West End: "the shows and shopping mecca"
Sharks: "the hostile cartilaginous fish"
Crayfish: "the lobster-like crustacean"
Toasters: "the bread-browning machines"
Penguins: "the black and white Antarctic waddlers"
London's West End: "the shows and shopping mecca"
December 31, 2025 at 12:03 PM
SEPTEMBER
Sharks: "the hostile cartilaginous fish"
Crayfish: "the lobster-like crustacean"
Toasters: "the bread-browning machines"
Penguins: "the black and white Antarctic waddlers"
London's West End: "the shows and shopping mecca"
Sharks: "the hostile cartilaginous fish"
Crayfish: "the lobster-like crustacean"
Toasters: "the bread-browning machines"
Penguins: "the black and white Antarctic waddlers"
London's West End: "the shows and shopping mecca"
AUGUST
Platypuses: "the sensitive, duck-billed, beaverish animals"
Wasps: "the winged stingers"
Brian Blessed: "the thunderous-voiced thespian"
Bez: "the freaky dancing maracas-shaker"
Coffee: "the hot bean juice"
Chameleons: "the kaleidoscopically coated lizards"
Platypuses: "the sensitive, duck-billed, beaverish animals"
Wasps: "the winged stingers"
Brian Blessed: "the thunderous-voiced thespian"
Bez: "the freaky dancing maracas-shaker"
Coffee: "the hot bean juice"
Chameleons: "the kaleidoscopically coated lizards"
December 31, 2025 at 11:55 AM
AUGUST
Platypuses: "the sensitive, duck-billed, beaverish animals"
Wasps: "the winged stingers"
Brian Blessed: "the thunderous-voiced thespian"
Bez: "the freaky dancing maracas-shaker"
Coffee: "the hot bean juice"
Chameleons: "the kaleidoscopically coated lizards"
Platypuses: "the sensitive, duck-billed, beaverish animals"
Wasps: "the winged stingers"
Brian Blessed: "the thunderous-voiced thespian"
Bez: "the freaky dancing maracas-shaker"
Coffee: "the hot bean juice"
Chameleons: "the kaleidoscopically coated lizards"
JULY
Jaffa Cakes: "the spongy orange-tinged treats"
The moon: "the orbiting lunar lump"
Custard: "the dessert sauce"
Snakes: "the elongated limbless reptiles"
Drinking fountain: "the public thirst-quencher"
Sausage dogs: "the tubular canines"
Jaffa Cakes: "the spongy orange-tinged treats"
The moon: "the orbiting lunar lump"
Custard: "the dessert sauce"
Snakes: "the elongated limbless reptiles"
Drinking fountain: "the public thirst-quencher"
Sausage dogs: "the tubular canines"
December 31, 2025 at 11:45 AM
JULY
Jaffa Cakes: "the spongy orange-tinged treats"
The moon: "the orbiting lunar lump"
Custard: "the dessert sauce"
Snakes: "the elongated limbless reptiles"
Drinking fountain: "the public thirst-quencher"
Sausage dogs: "the tubular canines"
Jaffa Cakes: "the spongy orange-tinged treats"
The moon: "the orbiting lunar lump"
Custard: "the dessert sauce"
Snakes: "the elongated limbless reptiles"
Drinking fountain: "the public thirst-quencher"
Sausage dogs: "the tubular canines"
JUNE
Ozzy Osbourne: "the Brummie bat-biter"
Julianne Moore: "the copper-coifed star"
Jimmy Buffett: "the Hawaiian shirt-wearing, parrot-toting advocate of lying in a hammock and relaxing"
Jimmy Choo: "the cordwainer to the stars"
Bell: "the campanological instrument"
Ozzy Osbourne: "the Brummie bat-biter"
Julianne Moore: "the copper-coifed star"
Jimmy Buffett: "the Hawaiian shirt-wearing, parrot-toting advocate of lying in a hammock and relaxing"
Jimmy Choo: "the cordwainer to the stars"
Bell: "the campanological instrument"
December 31, 2025 at 11:34 AM
JUNE
Ozzy Osbourne: "the Brummie bat-biter"
Julianne Moore: "the copper-coifed star"
Jimmy Buffett: "the Hawaiian shirt-wearing, parrot-toting advocate of lying in a hammock and relaxing"
Jimmy Choo: "the cordwainer to the stars"
Bell: "the campanological instrument"
Ozzy Osbourne: "the Brummie bat-biter"
Julianne Moore: "the copper-coifed star"
Jimmy Buffett: "the Hawaiian shirt-wearing, parrot-toting advocate of lying in a hammock and relaxing"
Jimmy Choo: "the cordwainer to the stars"
Bell: "the campanological instrument"
MAY
Octopus: "the super-intelligent eight-limbed super-mollusc"
Large Hadron Collider: "the multibillion-euro atom smasher"
Greggs sausage roll: "the pastry-cloaked meat cylinder"
M&S: "the broccoli-to-bras emporium"
Kylie: "the pint-sized purveyor of pink prosecco"
Octopus: "the super-intelligent eight-limbed super-mollusc"
Large Hadron Collider: "the multibillion-euro atom smasher"
Greggs sausage roll: "the pastry-cloaked meat cylinder"
M&S: "the broccoli-to-bras emporium"
Kylie: "the pint-sized purveyor of pink prosecco"
December 31, 2025 at 11:21 AM
MAY
Octopus: "the super-intelligent eight-limbed super-mollusc"
Large Hadron Collider: "the multibillion-euro atom smasher"
Greggs sausage roll: "the pastry-cloaked meat cylinder"
M&S: "the broccoli-to-bras emporium"
Kylie: "the pint-sized purveyor of pink prosecco"
Octopus: "the super-intelligent eight-limbed super-mollusc"
Large Hadron Collider: "the multibillion-euro atom smasher"
Greggs sausage roll: "the pastry-cloaked meat cylinder"
M&S: "the broccoli-to-bras emporium"
Kylie: "the pint-sized purveyor of pink prosecco"
APRIL
Paddington: "the marmalade sandwich-loving Peruvian"
Ed Sheeran: "the terracotta-topped troubadour"
Toothpaste and shower gel: "the bathroom regulars"
Hooters: "the global norks 'n' forks eateries"
Sex toy: "the explicit gadget"
Paddington: "the marmalade sandwich-loving Peruvian"
Ed Sheeran: "the terracotta-topped troubadour"
Toothpaste and shower gel: "the bathroom regulars"
Hooters: "the global norks 'n' forks eateries"
Sex toy: "the explicit gadget"
December 31, 2025 at 11:09 AM
APRIL
Paddington: "the marmalade sandwich-loving Peruvian"
Ed Sheeran: "the terracotta-topped troubadour"
Toothpaste and shower gel: "the bathroom regulars"
Hooters: "the global norks 'n' forks eateries"
Sex toy: "the explicit gadget"
Paddington: "the marmalade sandwich-loving Peruvian"
Ed Sheeran: "the terracotta-topped troubadour"
Toothpaste and shower gel: "the bathroom regulars"
Hooters: "the global norks 'n' forks eateries"
Sex toy: "the explicit gadget"
MARCH
Eggs: "the fragile, messy, remarkable ovals"
Pancakes: "the buttery breakfast dish"
Cornish pasties: "the traditional West Country scoffs"
Woolly mammoth: "the prehistoric pachyderm"
Terminator: "the cybernetic android"
Eggs: "the fragile, messy, remarkable ovals"
Pancakes: "the buttery breakfast dish"
Cornish pasties: "the traditional West Country scoffs"
Woolly mammoth: "the prehistoric pachyderm"
Terminator: "the cybernetic android"
December 31, 2025 at 10:57 AM
MARCH
Eggs: "the fragile, messy, remarkable ovals"
Pancakes: "the buttery breakfast dish"
Cornish pasties: "the traditional West Country scoffs"
Woolly mammoth: "the prehistoric pachyderm"
Terminator: "the cybernetic android"
Eggs: "the fragile, messy, remarkable ovals"
Pancakes: "the buttery breakfast dish"
Cornish pasties: "the traditional West Country scoffs"
Woolly mammoth: "the prehistoric pachyderm"
Terminator: "the cybernetic android"
FEBRUARY
Punxsutawney Phil: "the furry forecaster", "the prognosticating woodchuck"
Mary Poppins: "the indefatigable nanny"
Bridget Jones: "the avid diary keeper"
Wallace and Gromit: "the cheese-loving inventor and his loyal dog"
Punxsutawney Phil: "the furry forecaster", "the prognosticating woodchuck"
Mary Poppins: "the indefatigable nanny"
Bridget Jones: "the avid diary keeper"
Wallace and Gromit: "the cheese-loving inventor and his loyal dog"
December 31, 2025 at 10:48 AM
FEBRUARY
Punxsutawney Phil: "the furry forecaster", "the prognosticating woodchuck"
Mary Poppins: "the indefatigable nanny"
Bridget Jones: "the avid diary keeper"
Wallace and Gromit: "the cheese-loving inventor and his loyal dog"
Punxsutawney Phil: "the furry forecaster", "the prognosticating woodchuck"
Mary Poppins: "the indefatigable nanny"
Bridget Jones: "the avid diary keeper"
Wallace and Gromit: "the cheese-loving inventor and his loyal dog"
🎉 Here's a selection of our favourite second mentions from this year 🎉
JANUARY
Egyptian geese: "the handsome honksters"
Bluefin tuna: "the warm-blooded aquatic torpedoes"
Ghost slugs: "the worm-sucking molluscs"
5m long anaconda: "the girthy reptile"
JANUARY
Egyptian geese: "the handsome honksters"
Bluefin tuna: "the warm-blooded aquatic torpedoes"
Ghost slugs: "the worm-sucking molluscs"
5m long anaconda: "the girthy reptile"
December 31, 2025 at 10:37 AM
🎉 Here's a selection of our favourite second mentions from this year 🎉
JANUARY
Egyptian geese: "the handsome honksters"
Bluefin tuna: "the warm-blooded aquatic torpedoes"
Ghost slugs: "the worm-sucking molluscs"
5m long anaconda: "the girthy reptile"
JANUARY
Egyptian geese: "the handsome honksters"
Bluefin tuna: "the warm-blooded aquatic torpedoes"
Ghost slugs: "the worm-sucking molluscs"
5m long anaconda: "the girthy reptile"
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I'm not usually into books based on twitter accounts but the compact banana-decorated volume from @secondmentions.bsky.social is delightful
December 30, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I'm not usually into books based on twitter accounts but the compact banana-decorated volume from @secondmentions.bsky.social is delightful
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To celebrate New Years Eve? The end-of-year frivolities.
December 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM
To celebrate New Years Eve? The end-of-year frivolities.
Tomorrow we'll be doing a round-up of our favourite second mentions of the year... Send us any you'd like to be featured!
December 30, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Tomorrow we'll be doing a round-up of our favourite second mentions of the year... Send us any you'd like to be featured!
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"The glittering safe-haven asset" @secondmentions.bsky.social
The glittering safe-haven asset is popular with risk-averse investors — and its price is soaring
‘No one is taking it away, nobody’s taxing it’: why women are buying gold
The glittering safe-haven asset is popular with risk-averse investors — and its price is soaring
www.thetimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"The glittering safe-haven asset" @secondmentions.bsky.social
From today's @nytimes.com crossword
December 30, 2025 at 7:53 AM
From today's @nytimes.com crossword
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“Gaudí hadn’t really ever built anything, but when the ginger architect turned up, he fitted the bill” @secondmentions.bsky.social
How Britons cracked the conundrum of Gaudí’s ‘monstrous’ tower
After almost 150 years of construction, Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia is reaching completion, but its future once hung in the balance over its shaky foundations
www.thetimes.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:40 PM
“Gaudí hadn’t really ever built anything, but when the ginger architect turned up, he fitted the bill” @secondmentions.bsky.social
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Kate Bush pays tribute to friend missing after Christmas Day swim
www.independent.co.uk
December 29, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The World Wants More Ube. Philippine Farmers Are Struggling to Keep Up.
www.nytimes.com
December 29, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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There’s a book!
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Second Mentions | Celebrating the wonderful descriptive ability of the world's journalists #elegantvariation
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December 28, 2025 at 2:01 PM
There’s a book!