#etymology

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lore drop

You know that specific moment when your quietest friend suddenly reveals why they are banned from every public library in the tri-state area and everything about their personality finally clicks into place. It is that sudden, earth-shattering reveal of the backstories we never saw coming… 📖

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[haxer-1001]

One thing that annoys me about phm art posts is that they assume that the eridian language would sound as broken as it does using the translator. Bear in mind, I haven't read the book, so that might be how it is in there.

This annoys me because there was a post that asked a Russian why they said "get in car" while the proper way to say that in English would be to have the determiner "the" before car. However, Russian has "Тоска", which roughly translates to "a deep, often clueless, existential anguish or melancholy."

And that is beautiful! There are, of course, many such instances of this in multiple different languages.

My point is that Eridian language could be incredibly complex. Hell, it could even sound something like what we often assume English during Shakespeare's time was like. But, instead, we get broken up English. And that saddens me a little.

Again, have not read the book, so I could be completely wrong here

Also, absolutely no hate to anyone at all

[noosphe-re]

penumbra (n.)

1660s, "partially shaded region around the shadow of an opaque body, a partial shadow," from Modern Latin penumbra "partial shadow outside the complete shadow of an eclipse," coined 1604 by Kepler from Latin pæne "nearly, almost, practically," which is of uncertain origin, + umbra "shadow" (see umbrage). Figurative use is by 1801. Related: Penumbral.

Etymonline

[zoey-nerd]

actually huge if true

[spankerella]

@ MerriamWebster

[forgottenbones]

Only One English Word Has This Property

[slangzone-en]

negative aura

We have all witnessed that one specific brand of social catastrophe where the vibes don't just shift, they plummet into a bottomless pit of sheer embarrassment. It is that soul-crushing moment when you trip over thin air and feel your entire metaphysical status symbol evaporate into the void 📉…

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