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oh shoot I didn't know we were supposed to make intro posts

um ok sooooo

Stuff Abt me ig

Likes reading

likes words

Can sing (more or less)

i like to debate

If you ask me if I've seen a show or movie then the answer is probably no

Dont contact me for sex or money because I don't want or have either of those things respectively

Uh yeah those are the main things I'll add more later

#intro post

real-language-facts

favorite type of word: names of genres that tell you nothing without context. literary fiction. popular music. interactive fiction. lets invent a new genre called experiencable media

real-language-facts

additions: speculative fiction, art film, point and click, simulation game. anything that makes you say "i sure hope so"

auroraboringaliceinwonderland

@colorfulwording

colorfulwording

"road work ahead? Uh, yeah I sure hope it does!"

#I’m just tagging you in all the word posts I come across now lol #<and I implore you to continue to do so

intj-greenwords

I love English

auroraboringaliceinwonderland

ID: What is a contronym?

Single words that have two contradictory meanings (they are their own opposites) are known as contronyms, and they are quite rare. Here are ten of them:

1: apology: a statement of contrition for and action, or a defence of one.

2: bolt: to secure, or to flee.

3: bound: heading to a destination, or restrained from movement.

4: cleave: to adhere, or to separate.

5: dust: to add fine particles, or to remove them.

6: fast: quick, or struck or made stable.

7: left: remained, or departed.

8: peer: a person of the nobility, or an equal.

9: sanction: to approve, or to boycott.

10: weather: to withstand, or to wear away. End ID.

@colorfulwording

colorfulwording

NEW OBSESSION FOUND TYSM

coolsaddad-blog

Roses are red, that much is true, but violets are purple, not fucking blue.

feels-for-the-fictional

I have been waiting for this post all my life.

marzipanandminutiae

They are indeed purple, But one thing you’ve missed: The concept of “purple” Didn’t always exist.

Some cultures lack names For a color, you see. Hence good old Homer And his “wine-dark sea.”

A usage so quaint, A phrasing so old, For verses of romance Is sheer fucking gold.

So roses are red. Violets once were called blue. I’m hugely pedantic But what else is new?

ineptshieldmaid

My friend you’re not wrong About Homer’s wine-ey sea! Colours are a matter Of cultural contingency;

Words are in flux And meanings they drift But the word purple You’ve given short shrift.

The concept of purple, My friends, is old And refers to a pigment once precious as gold.

By crushing up molluscs From the wine-dark sea You make a dye: Imperial decree

Meant that in Rome, to wear purpura was a privilege reserved

For only the emperor!

The word ‘purple’, for clothes so fancy, Entered English By the ninth century

Why then are voilets Not purple in song? The dye from this mollusc, known for so long

Is almost magenta; More red than blue. The concept of purple is old, and yet new.

The dye is red, So this might be true: Roses are purple And violets are blue

squeeful

While this song makes me merry, Tyrian purple dyes many a hue From magenta to berry And a true purple too.

But fun as it is to watch this poetic race The answer is staring you right in the face: Roses are red and violets are blue Because nothing fucking rhymes with purple.

worldheritagepostorganization

World Heritage Post

auroraboringaliceinwonderland

@colorfulwording I had a feeling you’d appreciate this one lol

colorfulwording

I DO IN FACT APPRECIATE THIS ONE THANK YOU

#i love words

darkandstormyart

just another monday

quoiquecesoit

it’s the no notes blanket fort! climb on in

catchymemes

aeliad

HI LET’S SHARE NICOLE’S WORDS ON THE SUBJECT!

It has been literal years but every time I see Martin’s tweets posted somewhere and his word is shared as truth while her post is not shared it sort of reiterates the fact that we trust men to speak about feminism more than we believe women who experience it.

Interesting, innit? https://medium.com/@nickyknacks/working-while-female-59a5de3ad266

wiseacrewhimsy

Reading her account of how their boss treated her blows me away. Men are so emboldened that they will literally admit to illegal discrimination casually and face no consequences.

the-geek-cornucopia

In all the years of seeing this post I’ve never seen a link to her side. Didn’t even know she’d written one.

pluts04

Adding screenshots of her post. His whole post is there without needing a link. Hers should be, too.

Also, she posted this is 2017! It’s fucking 2020 and I’ve seen his side of this for years, but it took 3 years for her side to make its way to my dash…

thou-creature-of-the-deep

I’ve reblogged his story at least twice; it’s time for Nicole’s.

satan-is-hugs

It’s 2023 and i just now learned that Nicole’s response was also out there

creatingblackcharacters

Charles “Sonny” Burton is facing execution for a shooting he did not commit. Learn the facts, understand the injustice, and take action to c

Signing the petition is really easy, and there are options for being outside of the U.S. We didn't manage to save Marcellus Williams, another Black Muslim man wrongfully on death row. And Alabama loves state funded murder of Black bodies in particular. Let's do what we can, please 🙏🏾 if nothing else, let it be known that we didn't speak up at all.

vetchtibbles

canoeing is a fantastic word . those vowels are absolutely out of control in there

auroraboringaliceinwonderland

@colorfulwording

colorfulwording

i love words with several vowels in a row they're so strange

colorfulwording

trying to find the author of a webtoon

so there was this author who went by "GlitchN" on webtoon who made a webtoon called "Nothing like you" which in my opinion was super good. But then I found out that they haven't posted anything since 2022, and the last post on their feed was about them having bad mental health. Can anyone try to find if they have any other accounts and see if they've posted anything there recently? I just want to know if they're safe

#sounds vaguely familiar but I don’t think it’s anything I’d read #I searched on insta and she appears to have been on there too #but there’s nothing posted after 2022 #<thx for trying 😔#The webtoon was just so peak I miss it sm

trying to find the author of a webtoon

#lgbt webcomic #webtoon #trying to find something #what am i saying #Nothing like you webtoon

weird-gummyworm

Reblog this and act like we all on the same plane flight! What r yall doing?

Me: Sitting in the front row cuz im just that sigma 😎⭐️

What r the rest of yall doing?

@adhd-brain-slushie @abandoned-dezxyre @syllius @elitvshow @tenacioussandwichnight @sillyfiedlazul1 @polina-kuzy547

AND OFC OPEN TAGS!!!!!! Pls reblog this lolz

ak-tb

i ate some chips in under 4 minutes and then im zonked out honkk shooee honkk shooee🦆👟

@ccinder--block @sillyyarteest @synnisdead @cl3lly @c3rberuz @crtsnaek @y3ki02 @sailorchibachu

open tagss

sailorchibachu

I’m probably drawing and brainstorming ideas with over 50 pencils, mechanical pencils, and pens with over 50 sketchbooks and notebooks-

Tags:

@onionkneez - @heyguysijusthereforawesome - @bucketkizuu - @f1n4ll4 - @fancyferretz24 - @irisdandysworld

the-bully-busters

im sitting in first class with my gf bc I'm that rich B1

Tagginggssssss

@fynn-cerulean @jaydenx3 @darceythebee @axelworlddw @yfreshyt @hopperdoodles @izzytheclown

fynn-cerulean

We don't start school till tomorrow so I'm making something in thirtydollar.website

@sqrt-73 @cupcakewebkinz @stormflypirateskin @helpmemiku

sqrt-73

I’m probably half-awake watching a show I downloaded before the flight :)

@michaelrotonal @dorothytheexplorothy @anremithrl @aadenboy @swathingpath707 @eri-pl

anremithrl

I was anxious about the trip and thus didn't sleep or eat the night before and now have a pounding ache in my right eye (every time, I swear), but I'm also incapable of sleeping on a plane so I've just tied a belt over my right eye like an eye patch and slumped forward and am lazily watching whatever the person next to me or in front of me is watching with my other eye.

@eulers-biggest-fan @shadowyyyidk @another-s1lly-being @disasterwriter @nox-in-a-box @graphplotter

shadowyyyidk

well, first off, i give prev all 5 of the granola bars inside my backpack. and then i'll probably stare out the window for however long and listen to smalltown boy on repeat (idk why but the last two times i was on a flight, this is exactly what i did.)

npt: @kiwiwthegayone @thegayestaddams @meepmorp1232 @kiwistarrrzz @sadiesinkobsessedsstuff @the-bogginses-are-gay

the-bogginses-are-gay

surreal to see this literally as I get off of a gruelling long-haul flight haha

going off of what I did just now, I'm going to binge watch my fave shows and movies, and then fail to sleep due to my very specific needs for when I sleep, resulting in nauseating jet lag and a very grumpy attitude (sorry in advance)

@sadiesinkobsessedsstuff @muduus @asneakyobserver @lorax-devito @iwanderbecauseimlost @numenoria @stormy-days-27 @spocks-got-a-glock @sarkylittlemonster @te-de-frutillas @faguettism @scoopstroopog @epitome-of-stupidity @fosilizd @thewisestsorcerer @bulionzkury + open! <333

scoopstroopog

im sharing my sweets and watching movies!!

@arboreal-stop @mikewhoreler @theannoyeddragon82 @sadiesinkobsessedsstuff @sheisamenace @impossiblekittydelusion @skeelly @coco6420 @camcamino @soliss-occasus @mqstermindswift @cityofstarsx @elliedafish @phoebephoebia @moonlight-froggy @august-shops @guarddog-in-the-snow @emmasdillema @sufferingfrommoodpoisoning @effervescent-sapphic @ghosts-starrstuf @bulionzkury @bylrndgm @stars-and-leather @starshapedana @icedcoffee2809 @dearfut-ureself @sstar-struck @mystuffynose @loserbaby66 @ballad-of-a-teenage-girl @weirdo09

icedcoffee2809

I'm taking Eden's sweets (ofc only if that's okay) and either watching a show, reading a book or listening to music (i find flying a bit scary so i need some sort of disstraction lol)

@stormandsparks @whentheskysings @camcamino @queerbookbitch @rebbyh-787

queerbookbitch

I'm reading, eating incredibly specific snacks, listening to a playlist I made and texting increasingly unhinged things to my group chat

@superior-interests @minorlyobssesedwithginger @sabitha-is-magical @guiltyy-as-s1n @laymedowninthedirt @wavescyber @ezra-didntreallyfall @randomwholocker @phinksyhxhfan @unassumingcavegoblin @icedcoffee2809 @mrbuggyknot @ihavenoconsistentinterests @anders-chr @wisegirl42 @i-would-download-a-car @xombilog @jellyfishspacereality @rainbowhyperfixation @bookloveralina @tremendoustragedybard @bpd-swiftie @penpen363 @belladonna413 @sunshine-fahey @inedibleplastic @littlemisslucygay @alastorsluttylittlehipsway @chronicallyonlinebitch @chess-choco-chronicles @ineffablelyqueerwolfstarshipper @gossamer-daydream and anyone else my dying brain forgot

inedibleplastic

*Julian does not answer this because he is asleep. But he’s dreaming of Mothman doing the floss*

@illuminatedmoon000 @rayne143 @colorfulwording @sparesomeserotonin @yapofalltrades @yawnwhatyadoing @dragonzaper

colorfulwording

*colorful glances at Julian, who is muttering something about mothman and the floss in his sleep*

I'm switching between watching movies on the screen and reading a book in my lap

inedibleplastic

@queerbookbitch @colorfulwording

You guys remind me of each other just thought you should know

You give cool uncle vibes

colorfulwording

Thanks that's what I was going for. Also that's prolly cuz we're in a couple of the same fandoms

homosexual-mike-wheeler

this is what kills fandoms btw

you need to reblog things. esp art. i know that i get discouraged when my art doesn’t even pass 20 notes bc no one rebloged it. fandom is a community. treat it as such.

I must ask— what are ur favorite words

lackadaisical - half-hearted or lacking effort

Loquacious - someone that speaks a lot

Apricity - the warmth of sun during a cold day

Malaphor - a mix of two sayings (ex. "We'll burn that bridge when we come to it"- a mix of "burning bridges" and "we'll cross that bridge when we come to it")

Ginormus - huge

Delight

Diverse

#i love words

Could be a bit of a reach but do you by chance like words?

yes!! How did you know??