𝒇𝒂𝒊𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔
"Bloom and briar" - A general exclamation used in shock, frustration, or emphasis.
“By bloom and briar, what happened to your dress?”
“Bloom and briar, who left the beetle pen unlatched?”
"Wilt me now" - A fairy equivalent of exhausted frustration, usually when something goes wrong in an especially irritating way.
“Oh, wilt me now. The cottpups got into the dew again.”
“Wilt me now, not another broken lantern.”
"Caught in the brambles" - Used for being stuck in a difficult mess, whether socially, emotionally, or literally.
“I’d help, but I’m already caught in the brambles with the storekeepers.”
"Stirring the nettles" - Used for poking at trouble, causing avoidable conflict, or provoking people for no good reason.
“Don’t go stirring the nettles with the wardens again. We only just got you out of the last mess.”
"More trouble than a squirrel in a button box" - Used for someone or something chaotic, mischievous, and exhausting to manage.
“Those twins are more trouble than a squirrel in a button box.”
"Don't get your wings in a knot" - Used to tell someone not to get worked up, offended, or overly upset.
“Don’t get your wings in a knot, I was only teasing.”
"Beetle-brained" - Used to call someone dense, slow, or hopelessly foolish. It’s not usually the cruelest insult, but it definitely isn’t flattering. Some close friends might use it teasingly though.
“Don’t just stand there looking beetle-brained, hand me the basket.”
“You beetle-brained fool, that was the salt jar, not the sugar!”
"Thistleheaded" - Used for someone hot-headed, prickly, or quick to snap. Usually said when someone’s temper is getting ahead of their sense.
“Stop being so thistleheaded and listen for a moment.”
“She gets thistleheaded whenever anyone criticizes her weaving.”
"Honey-tongued" - Used for someone charming in a way that feels a little too smooth to trust completely. Sweet, persuasive, and possibly up to something.
“Careful with him. He’s honey-tongued, and he knows it.”
“She talked her way right past the storekeepers, honey-tongued little thing.”
"Bent-winged" - Used for someone who’s sulky, moody, or acting like the whole world has personally offended them.
“Why are you so bent-winged this morning?”
“She’s been bent-winged all night because nobody noticed her new dress.”
"Sharp as a thorn" - Means someone is clever, quick-witted, or not easily fooled. Depending on tone, it can also suggest they’re a little dangerous to underestimate.
“Mind yourself around her. She’s sharp as a thorn, that one.”
"Sweet as dew" - Used for someone especially gentle, kind, or lovely to be around.
“That little mouseherd girl is sweet as dew. She brought soup, soap, and half a loaf besides.”
“He may look stern, but he’s sweet as dew with the children.”
"Moss for sense" - Used to call someone very stupid, empty-headed, or completely lacking in judgment, usually with exasperation.
“You’ve got moss for sense if you think you can outfly a hawk in open air.”
“Have you got moss for sense? Don’t climb that in the rain.”
"Shake the dew off" - Used to tell someone to pull themselves together, stop moping, or move on.
“Shake the dew off and stand up, you’re fine.”
"Chasing fireflies" - Used for doing something aimless, impractical, or unlikely to lead anywhere.
“He’s off chasing fireflies again instead of finishing his work.”
"Fox-thought" - Used to call something foolish, reckless, or poorly thought out.
“Climbing that branch in the rain is fox-thought, and you know it.”
"Off with the fuzzlewings" - Used when someone is distracted, restless, overexcited, or impossible to pin down.
“Are you listening to a word I’m saying, or are you off with the fuzzlewings again?”
"Buzz off" - A rude dismissal, basically the fairy version of telling someone to get lost (or fuck off).
“Oh, buzz off, I’m not in the mood.”
"May the bees judge you harshly" - A childish or playful insult, often used instead of saying something truly mean.
“You ate the last honey cake? May the bees judge you harshly.”
𝑨𝒖𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔
Fairies from Auberfort are much more likely than others to borrow human curses and expressions, simply because they live closest to human settlements and hear them more often. So an Auberfort fairy, especially when irritated, might snap, “Oh, for fuck’s sake,” or, “Damn it, not again,” giving their speech a rougher edge that some outsiders find exciting and others find tacky. This is considered a little improper by many other fairies, especially older legacies and nobles, who tend to see it as inelegant or coarse, usually earning them a scandalized, “Must you talk like a human?”
Ok so I was gonna post about something a lot more interesting today, like fairy features, wintering (basically fairy hibernation), or dryads (huge af, ancient tree spirits, and kinda treated like deities by fairies), but I may have gotten really annoyed at tying to organize visuals. so instead... you guys get to learn how to talk like a fairy!!! yeah... definately not the most interesting thing I could've posted, but it was easy to format, and my laptop is being a bitch to me, so I had to do all of this on my phone 😭
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