you are worthy of love

25 | wen | she/her | INTJ | Bookworm | Professional overthinker | How many fandoms am I in? Probably too many | Procrastination is my most beloved ennemy and beloathed friend. “Toute âme est l'otage de ce qu'elle a acquis” [74:38]

[fandom-trash-goblin]

we've got a life to love living.

[teaboot]

advice that has literally saved and improved my life

[ryebreadgf]

[shamebats]

"it's just stress" oh thank god, it's just the silent killer that slowly kills you, perfectly harmless, no need to worry

[sailermoon]

this is how new yorkers @ mamdani

[sailermoon]

[cinematech]

the king just sentenced me to be whipped and nae-nae'd in the town square

[batsdotjpg]

tbh potato is easily in the top 10 reasons to live

[batshit-auspol]

Occasionally as an Australian you'll be talking to someone from overseas, and you'll discover a common phrase you took for granted is, in fact, not universally known outside of our country.

Turns out casually dropping "fuck me dead" into conversation will give unsuspecting Americans an aneurism.

The more you know.

[batshit-auspol]

Imagine being on a work call with an Aussie and they suddenly announce they're gonna blow a load in response to a problem.

[fred-the-dinosaur]

Not Aussie but I asked an American once if she was taking the piss ( i.e. pulling my leg, joking. Perfectly cromulent and friendly english expression)

and she got really upset because she thought I was threatening to piss ON her

[honiibbang]

This is killing me

[batshit-auspol]

Rifling through the tags, here's some other terms which are apparently causing mass carnage whenever they escape our borders:

Having a goon (i.e. Sipping on a delightful wine)

Having a gaytime (Eating an icecream)

Having a sticky beak (Investigating)

Take a squiz (To have a sticky beak)

Get stuffed (To express a revelation is most frightful)

Chuck a sickie (Take a day off work due to the humours being misaligned)

Chuck a wobbly (When one's temperament becomes visibly upset)

Carry on like a pork chop (Acting most silly indeed)

Thongs (flip flops)

Hot chook (Pre-cooked supermarket rotisserie chicken, otherwise known as the Bachelor's Handbag)

Fair suck of the sauce bottle (Let's be real)

Shits me to tears (Something is mildly annoying)

Not here to fuck spiders (Expressing a situation is serious)

Having a piss-up (A social gathering)

I'll shout you (offering to goon an old chum)

A cruisy place (a relaxed atmosphere, where one might shout and goon the night away while enjoying many a gaytime in your favourite thongs)

[buginateacup]

Some usamerican friends of mine recently learned the Aussie meaning of snail trail (the line of hair from the bellybutton heading south). They were horrified to say the least

[beardedmrbean]

[elvishdemigod]

Damien and Lasko: *chatting*

Freelancer: *looks at Caelum*

Damien: What are you looking at!? There's nothing there! It's a wall! *goes to the wall, and Caelum moves* It's literally a wall!

Freelancer: *looks at where Caelum moved to*

[simena]

Zygmunt Andrychiewicz - An Evening Over the Forest

[awesomefrench]

Arabic influences in French slang.

[garnetrena]

The French terms listed below are not literal translations of the original Arabic words. They are the meanings currently used in slang. The original Arabic words are listed so you can track the source, their meaning might differ from the French slang meaning.

bled from bilād بَلَد : village, city, home

caïd from qā'id قائد : chef, rebellious people

casbah from qaṣba قصبة : home

chouf/chouffer from šuf ! شُفْ : to look, like dealers look around if there are cops

chouiya from šuwayya شوية : a little

clebs from (magh.) kelb كَلْب : a dog

fissa or fissa-fissa from (alg.) fi s-sā3a في آلساعة: fast

flouze from (alg.) flūs فُلوس : money

glaoui from (magh.) qlawī قلوي : testicles

guitoune from (alg.) qiṭūn قيطون : a shelter, a small place you go to

kiffer from كَيف (no other explanation found): to like

kif-kif from doubled kif’ كفء: so and so, similar

lascar from al 3askar العسكر: a big guy

maboul from (alg.) maẖbūl مخبول : crazy

niquer from gérondif naik / nīk نيك.: to fuck

nouba from nûba نوبة : a party

rallouf from ḥallūf حلّوف : ham, pig

ramdam from ramadan رمضان : noise

razzia from (alg.) ġāzya « attaque », de l'arabe classique classique ġazw(a) ou ġazā غزاة غزوة غزو: to buy/take everything in sight

smala from (magh.) zmāla زمالة: family

souk from sūq سوق : messy place

toubib from ṭabīb طَبِيب : doctor

zob from zubb زبّ : penis

[your-favourite-prince-charming]

loyal knight i have a quest for you. you must capture the two intruders (bugs) and escort them to the premises (take them outside)

[anarchistmemedistro]

[thriftedrose]

sometimes I’m like ahh I should b doing more rebellious teenage things but then my friends just tell me their stories and it sounds like too much of a hassle…. makes me thankful to b a teenage grandma™

[i-am-a-lazy-mess]

hate when I type :) and this 🙂 fucker appears. Go away you evil soul

[vagisil]

the people yearn for nonplastic fabrics

[persianmom-deactivated20260602]

people telling chatgpt their problems is insane to me like girl just get a tumblr….