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Yavo<p>Whenever you're feeling "feisty" remember it means <br>: full of spirit or determination<br>: quarrelsome or aggressive</p><p>Why?</p><p>It originates from "feist" (1896) — "small aggressive dog" — which originally meant "stink", and earlier "fart".</p><p>I am as bewildered as you are.</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/WordOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WordOfTheDay</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Words</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/EnglishLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnglishLanguage</span></a></p>
jendefer<p>Just finished a crossword. These are the answers to the clues I am "cross" about. That is, obscure (to me) words. So new hashtag: <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/CrossAtWords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CrossAtWords</span></a></p><p>olio - a stew<br>olla - a jug<br>brocket - type of deer<br>sera - crazy plural for serum<br>transom - crossbar of a doorway or window (in addition to many other meanings)</p><p>My wife wanted "transom" to be a way to describe a really attractive trans-masc person. We may start using it that way.</p><p><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/WordMeanings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WordMeanings</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/definitions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>definitions</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/EnglishLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnglishLanguage</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/crosswords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crosswords</span></a></p>
Evan Centanni (PolGeoNow)<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> presidency has removed <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Spanish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spanish</span></a>-language version of its website, as it did in 2017 under first Trump term. Though <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>English</span></a> is primary language of US govt, the country has no official national language, and Spanish is second-most-spoken. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-white-house-spanish-language-website-62224890c5b05c8ce0878358ba4a5266" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/trump-white</span><span class="invisible">-house-spanish-language-website-62224890c5b05c8ce0878358ba4a5266</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/officiallanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>officiallanguage</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/languagepolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>languagepolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/geography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geography</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>geography</span></a></span> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EnglishLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnglishLanguage</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SpanishLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpanishLanguage</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/hispanoablante" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hispanoablante</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LatinAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LatinAmerica</span></a></p>
Book<p>Apparently I've been saying the word penguins incorrectly my whole life. </p><p>Another one to add to the list. </p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/englishlanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>englishlanguage</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/penguins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>penguins</span></a></p>
Yaasmin_B<p>New english vocabulary unlocked: pettifogging. What a nice word, as a german I approve.<br><a href="https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/pettifogging" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">dictionary.cambridge.org/dicti</span><span class="invisible">onary/english/pettifogging</span></a><br><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/englishlanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>englishlanguage</span></a></p>
Freedom Baird<p>"Oversight" is a weird word. It means two things that are the opposite of each other.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Language</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Definitions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Definitions</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Meaning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Meaning</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>English</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/EnglishLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnglishLanguage</span></a></p>
Your Autistic Life FR/EN/ES<p>"Don't pull the verses out of my nose!"</p><p><a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/FrenchLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FrenchLanguage</span></a> <a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/EnglishLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnglishLanguage</span></a> <a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/MissingThePoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MissingThePoint</span></a></p>
LusOFest 🎥<p>Hello English-speaking <a href="https://hessen.social/tags/filmfans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>filmfans</span></a> and cineasts in the <a href="https://hessen.social/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a>. I could need some <a href="https://hessen.social/tags/mastohelp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mastohelp</span></a>.</p><p>Is there something like a widely accepted and known abbreviation for the expression "original version/track with (English) subtitles" in <a href="https://hessen.social/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>English</span></a>? (I am thinking about a similar short form, like the German <a href="https://hessen.social/tags/OmU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OmU</span></a> for "Original mit Untertiteln"). </p><p>Asking for a friend. ;) All hints are greatly appreciated. Thank you!</p><p><a href="https://hessen.social/tags/cinema" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cinema</span></a> <a href="https://hessen.social/tags/filmfestival" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>filmfestival</span></a> <a href="https://hessen.social/tags/englishlanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>englishlanguage</span></a> <a href="https://hessen.social/tags/abbreviations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abbreviations</span></a></p>
Your Autistic Life FR/EN/ES<p>"Why is The Great Vowel Shift also called the Great Vowel Movement?"</p><p>"Oh, that's because English took a huge dump on its own pronunciation."</p><p><a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/GreatVowelShift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreatVowelShift</span></a> <a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/GreatVowelMovement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreatVowelMovement</span></a> <a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/EnglishLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnglishLanguage</span></a> <a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/dump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dump</span></a> <a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/pronounciation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pronounciation</span></a> <a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/BowelMovement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BowelMovement</span></a></p>
Your Autistic Life FR/EN/ES<p>I have a sexy accent when I speak English.</p><p>🤷 </p><p>Source: my boyfriend.</p><p>:catjam: </p><p><a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/sexy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sexy</span></a> <a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/accents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accents</span></a> <a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/SexyAccent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SexyAccent</span></a> <a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/FrenchCanadian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FrenchCanadian</span></a> <a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/qu%C3%A9becois" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>québecois</span></a> <a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/EnglishLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnglishLanguage</span></a> <a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/pronunciation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pronunciation</span></a></p>
AnneTheWriter<p>It's <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/HootinTootinTuesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HootinTootinTuesday</span></a> again! Post some jokes or funny memes under this hashtag today, and bring lots of smiles to <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Humor</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Humour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Humour</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FunnyMeme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FunnyMeme</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Spelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spelling</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/EnglishLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnglishLanguage</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>English</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/WritersLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritersLife</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a></p>
Absolute Memery 🎭<p>🔥 💦<br><a href="https://tribe.net/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>English</span></a> <a href="https://tribe.net/tags/EnglishLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnglishLanguage</span></a> <a href="https://tribe.net/tags/Fireman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fireman</span></a> <a href="https://tribe.net/tags/Waterman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Waterman</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://tribe.net/tags/Meme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Meme</span></a> <a href="https://tribe.net/tags/Memes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Memes</span></a> <a href="https://tribe.net/tags/Humour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Humour</span></a> <a href="https://tribe.net/tags/Humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Humor</span></a></p>
Lowlife's inane ramblings 🦜☠<p>I have discovered a drinking mate of mine has achieved literary immortality!!! He scored the citation for the noun "shitposter" in Mirriam Webster.<br><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shitpost" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">merriam-webster.com/dictionary</span><span class="invisible">/shitpost</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/shitpost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shitpost</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/shitposter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shitposter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dictionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictionary</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/englishlanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>englishlanguage</span></a></p>
Mignon Fogarty<p>Q: Why did Americans start saying people have "gone missing"? </p><p>A: It has to do with a missing woman and British English.</p><p>Ben Yagoda has the story of "gone missing" — and a bunch of other gobsmacking words that have crossed this pond — in this week's Grammar Girl podcast.</p><p>Check it out! </p><p>Listen: <a href="https://podfollow.com/173429229" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">podfollow.com/173429229</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Read: <a href="https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/yagoda-2/transcript" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">grammar-girl.simplecast.com/ep</span><span class="invisible">isodes/yagoda-2/transcript</span></a></p><p>Watch: <a href="https://youtu.be/Fk5pvyzW6P8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/Fk5pvyzW6P8</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/GrammarGirl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GrammarGirl</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/EnglishLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnglishLanguage</span></a></p>
𝔸𝕟𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕊𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕤 🔉<p>My audio etymology simulations are collected at <a href="http://ancientsounds.net" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">ancientsounds.net</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p>I'm also compiling, correcting and extending past posts on 🐦 and 🐘 about those audio etymologies into an alphabetically-ordered blog, so that we can look up examples:<br><a href="http://ancientsounds.net/blog.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">ancientsounds.net/blog.html</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/acoustics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>acoustics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/phonetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phonetics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/audio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>audio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>etymology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/philology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Proto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Proto</span></a>-Indo-European <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/EnglishLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnglishLanguage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a></p>
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