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Orange MussoliniI’m just getting started. assigned male at birth inequities at risk injustice autism institutional barrier intersectional barriers intersectionality belong intersex bias issues concerning pending legislation biased key groups Biased toward key people biases key populations Biases towards Latinx biologically female LGBT biologically male LGBTQ bipoc male dominated Black marginalizeblack and latinx marginalized breastfeed + people marijuana breastfeed + person measles <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#words</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/president" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#president</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#censorship</a>

The Life of BrianNew word for me: wherry. I thought it was a typo. Nope. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#words</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/english" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#english</a>

Sy Lou07.04.25-- As-tu jamais osé une seule fois dans ta vie?--"Des sinistrés climatiques veulent attaquer l’État pour insuffisance en matière d’adaptation." C'est peut être ça la vraie démocratie.<a href="https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/ecologie/080425/des-sinistres-climatiques-veulent-attaquer-l-etat-pour-insuffisance-en-matiere-d-adaptation" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/ecologie/080425/des-sinistres-climatiques-veulent-attaquer-l-etat-pour-insuffisance-en-matiere-d-adaptation</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/streetphotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#streetphotography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photo</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#words</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/streetwords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#streetwords</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/france" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#france</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#climatechange</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a>

penpencilbrush🇨🇦German has some of the best wordsNew fav = Totenkopfschwebfliegethe meaning is a kind of fly, but the word! And there are so many more. In all kinds of languages. Amazing, fascinating, weird (in a good way), wonderful words.😍 <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/German" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#German</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#words</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Languages</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LanguagesAreFun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LanguagesAreFun</a>

Sy Lou<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bruxelles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bruxelles</a> 08.04.25Les "et si" que l'on se pose créent en nous des scénarios catastrophes et nous entrons dans un cercle vicieux de pensées négatives, du stress,de l'anxiété, des peurs entravant la capacité du cerveau à penser clairement. Alors, se demander : "Quelle est la pire chose qui puisse arriver ?" Ça permet de s'ancrer, le cerveau ralentit, se calme,on évalue la réalité et réalise que même si le pire arrive, on peut y survivre.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/streetphotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#streetphotography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photo</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#words</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/live" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#live</a>

Von Sinnen<a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#words</a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=bildung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bildung</a> <a href="https://loma.ml/search?tag=education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#education</a>

Alliterative/Endless KnotAnd for even more sweet potato goodness, you can watch our short video about potatoes in China: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHf0tnV9LQ0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHf0tnV9LQ0</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/SweetPotatoDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SweetPotatoDay</a><a href="https://toot.community/tags/Etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Etymology</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Video</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/WordNerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WordNerd</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linguistics</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Words</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/HistoricalLinguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HistoricalLinguistics</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/SweetPotato" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SweetPotato</a>

Alliterative/Endless KnotWhen is a potato not a potato? When it’s a sweet potato! Celebrate <a href="https://toot.community/tags/SweetPotatoDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SweetPotatoDay</a> by learning about the history of both types of potato, and how they’ve affected world history: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdPQ8zFUipw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdPQ8zFUipw</a><a href="https://toot.community/tags/Etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Etymology</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Video</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/WordNerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WordNerd</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linguistics</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Words</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/HistoricalLinguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HistoricalLinguistics</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/SweetPotato" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SweetPotato</a>

DJ ToebeansTop ten lookups on Merriam-Webster.com this morning. Glad people are trying to educate themselves, I guess?<a href="https://mendeddrum.org/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://mendeddrum.org/tags/anarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#anarchy</a> <a href="https://mendeddrum.org/tags/nationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nationalism</a> <a href="https://mendeddrum.org/tags/gaslighting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gaslighting</a> <a href="https://mendeddrum.org/tags/patriotism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#patriotism</a> <a href="https://mendeddrum.org/tags/dictionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dictionary</a> <a href="https://mendeddrum.org/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#words</a>

english<a href="https://unfufadoo.net/tags/english" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#english</a> <a href="https://unfufadoo.net/tags/images" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#images</a> <a href="https://unfufadoo.net/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quotes</a> <a href="https://unfufadoo.net/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://unfufadoo.net/tags/memes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#memes</a> <a href="https://unfufadoo.net/@books" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@books</a> <a href="https://unfufadoo.net/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#words</a> <a href="https://unfufadoo.net/tags/photos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photos</a> <a href="https://unfufadoo.net/tags/authors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#authors</a> <a href="https://unfufadoo.net/tags/poets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poets</a>

english<a href="https://unfufadoo.net/tags/english" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#english</a> <a href="https://unfufadoo.net/tags/poets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poets</a> <a href="https://unfufadoo.net/tags/images" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#images</a> <a href="https://unfufadoo.net/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://unfufadoo.net/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quotes</a> <a href="https://unfufadoo.net/tags/photos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photos</a> <a href="https://unfufadoo.net/tags/memes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#memes</a> <a href="https://unfufadoo.net/tags/authors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#authors</a> <a href="https://unfufadoo.net/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#words</a> <a href="https://unfufadoo.net/@books" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@books</a>

Alliterative/Endless KnotHappy <a href="https://toot.community/tags/GeologistsDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GeologistsDay</a>! The early history of the field of geology is fascinating, and surprisingly explosive – and we explored it in our video on the word “Fossil”. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9yNwRBlKtU" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9yNwRBlKtU</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Etymology</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Video</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/WordNerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WordNerd</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linguistics</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Words</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/HistoricalLinguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HistoricalLinguistics</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Fossil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fossil</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Geology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Geology</a>

Raj Kshirsagar<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dictionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dictionary</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#words</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reading</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@merriamwebster" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@merriamwebster</a>

YavoSurly/adjective/(16th-century alteration of sirly): irritated, bad-tempered, unfriendly : threatening, menacing, gloomy"The people I deal with today will be meddling, ungrateful, [...] and surly."<a href="https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/surly" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/surly</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/WordOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WordOfTheDay</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Words</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Writing</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/EnglishLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnglishLanguage</a>

Yavosimile/noun/: a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses)<a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/simile" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/simile</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/WordOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WordOfTheDay</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Words</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Writing</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/EnglishLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnglishLanguage</a>

Stan CareyIrish 5-point Likert scale:Cat - Middlin' - Grand - Savage - Mighty altogetherInspired by <a href="https://mastodon.ie/@Tarbh/114273783046794813" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mastodon.ie/@Tarbh/114273783046794813</a><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Mastodaoine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mastodaoine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ireland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/slang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#slang</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Likert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Likert</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/IrishSlang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IrishSlang</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#words</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/humour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#humour</a>

Ross of OttawaFurther to earlier toots about words in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#English</a> architecture dependent on geography – it was only through years of hanging out with British friends that I realized their "garden" didn't actually mean a soil-turned, rows of flowers or veg. It was in fact just their "yard."We here may have a garden in our yard or maybe not. In UK/Aus it could be that people have no "garden" at all in their garden.Why isn't the London police HQ located at "Scotland Garden" though?<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Language</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#words</a>

Jocelyn<a href="https://mastodon.gougere.fr/tags/Bonobos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bonobos</a> may combine <a href="https://mastodon.gougere.fr/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#words</a> in ways previously thought unique to humans - <a href="https://mastodon.gougere.fr/tags/TheGuardian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheGuardian</a> "Yelps – thought to mean “let’s do that” – followed by grunts – thought to mean “look at what I am doing”, were combined to make “yelp-grunt”, which appeared to mean “let’s do what I’m doing”. The combination, the team said, reflected the sum of its parts and was used by bonobos to encourage others to build their night nests."<a href="https://mastodon.gougere.fr/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gougere.fr/tags/animal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#animal</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gougere.fr/tags/animalCommunication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#animalCommunication</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gougere.fr/tags/greatApes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#greatApes</a><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/apr/03/bonobos-combine-words-ways-previously-unique-humans-study" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/apr/03/bonobos-combine-words-ways-previously-unique-humans-study</a>

Stan Carey"So long as Western societies cling to their chaotically unhealthy attitudes toward sex, the swearer will never want for four-letter words." —Ashley Montagu, The Anatomy of Swearing<a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/swearing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#swearing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#words</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/AshleyMontagu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AshleyMontagu</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/profanity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#profanity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/taboo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#taboo</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/sex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sex</a>

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