@osbirl.bsky.social
Under construction. Don't know what this account will be for. Probably languages. Maybe moving here permanently from Meta.
Reposted
Word of the Day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet individual whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
February 14, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Word of the Day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet individual whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
Reposting for Kummerspeck, which I heard today listening to @susiedent.com
Valentines Glossary (a thread)
Cavoli Riscaldati (Italy) – literally 'reheated cabbage'. The attempt to restart a failed relationship.
Hiza-ga-warau (Japan) – to go wobbly at the knees.
Kummerspeck (Germany) – literally 'grief bacon'. Excess weight gained due to emotion-caused overeating.
Cavoli Riscaldati (Italy) – literally 'reheated cabbage'. The attempt to restart a failed relationship.
Hiza-ga-warau (Japan) – to go wobbly at the knees.
Kummerspeck (Germany) – literally 'grief bacon'. Excess weight gained due to emotion-caused overeating.
February 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Reposting for Kummerspeck, which I heard today listening to @susiedent.com
Reposted
I stand with the trans community. Pass it along.
February 9, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I stand with the trans community. Pass it along.
Reposted
Word of the day is ‘latibulate’: to hide away and attempt to escape from reality.
#indieauthor #wordsky #booksky
#indieauthor #wordsky #booksky
January 29, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Word of the day is ‘latibulate’: to hide away and attempt to escape from reality.
#indieauthor #wordsky #booksky
#indieauthor #wordsky #booksky
Reposted
Resistance takes many forms.
January 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Resistance takes many forms.
Reposted
Word of day is ‘unasinous’ (17th century): united in stupidity.
A riff on ‘unanimous’: which comes from the Latin for ‘one mind’. ‘Unasinous’ means ‘one ass’.
A riff on ‘unanimous’: which comes from the Latin for ‘one mind’. ‘Unasinous’ means ‘one ass’.
January 22, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Word of day is ‘unasinous’ (17th century): united in stupidity.
A riff on ‘unanimous’: which comes from the Latin for ‘one mind’. ‘Unasinous’ means ‘one ass’.
A riff on ‘unanimous’: which comes from the Latin for ‘one mind’. ‘Unasinous’ means ‘one ass’.
Reposted
Word of the day is ‘matutolypea’: extreme grumpiness in the morning.
From the Latin ‘Matuta’, Roman goddess of the dawn, and the Greek ‘lype’, ‘grief’. Put them together and you get ‘morning grief’.
From the Latin ‘Matuta’, Roman goddess of the dawn, and the Greek ‘lype’, ‘grief’. Put them together and you get ‘morning grief’.
January 26, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Word of the day is ‘matutolypea’: extreme grumpiness in the morning.
From the Latin ‘Matuta’, Roman goddess of the dawn, and the Greek ‘lype’, ‘grief’. Put them together and you get ‘morning grief’.
From the Latin ‘Matuta’, Roman goddess of the dawn, and the Greek ‘lype’, ‘grief’. Put them together and you get ‘morning grief’.