#personal lexicon

[momoartworks]

Shit that has become part of my lexicon against my will:

"I don't follow." —Shark Nimona

*perfectly cut deafening scream* —Wendigoon

"Yeah! Like Sasuke!" —OSP Red talking about not knowing Skillet was a christian rock band when she saw AMVs as a child (same)

"Aaaugh! My back!" —Freddie Mercury edit

"Mëbe... Mæbe." —Heavy TF2

"Skadoosh-" —Kung Fu Panda

"Again?! You have to "away" AGAIN?!" —Legends of Avantris

"OSP condones sending a message." —OSP Journey stream (featured here in short)

"Something wrong here isn't right." —My ex

"Something something [half remembered idiom]" —I think that one just happened organically

Heaping Bossom™ —Matt Mercer, re: Jester's mom, Mighty Nein.

"HATSUNE MIKU?!" —Sonic Riders SnapCube fandub

"The power of love is BULLSHIT! The power of swords and violence; that's where the money is!" —Sword Art Online: Abridged.

"[high pitched] damn bro, ok." —No full auto in the building!

Coringar/coringando/coringuei/coringou —Being Brazilian god bless south america

"It wasn't a chALLENGE" —Finding out who Laura hooked up with

"The Devil. From. The Bible." —Yall know it, it's SnapCube again ayy

"decay exists as an extant form of life." —The mushroom post. Yes, that one.

"It's [plant based food], you idiot obligate carnivore." — Homecooked Tumblr post.

"YOU PARASITE!" — The Amazing Digital Circus pilot

"Statement of Joe Spooky, regarding SiNisTer hAppENinGs" / "It is remarkably easy to buy an axe in central London." — I started listening to The Magnus Archives because of this.

"I'M BACK IN THE FUCKING BUILDING AGAIN" — Snapcube's fandubs are gifts that keep on giving.

"Hello, hi! I'm so happy to see you! I'm so happy to see you, wabawabawababawaba~" — Snapcube has a monopoly on my stims.

"The entire brain, both hemispheres, now exist with one word in mind and that word is KILL" — The legendary Milkythesquid speech.

"[specifically in this tone] AWW FUK" — One must imagine Sysiphus pushing a 5000lb Saint

"Fuck you, and fuck off. Now leave me to my lotions." — I believe the floor just cracked.

"diD YOU KNOW–" — Very old CSGO:Bullshittery video. It has carved itself onto my mind and i couldn't get it out if i had a lobotomy.

"Ross believes in me!" — I used to watch grame grumps a lot.

[lawhimsy]

Word Nerd: Heliotropic

Heliotropic is the property of some plants of turning under the influence of light. Heliotropic is derived from helio- (a combining form meaning “sun”) and -tropic (a combining form with the meanings “turned toward, with an orientation toward”). Heliotropic was first used around 1870-1875. Heliotropic is a word often used in the plant world since many flowers and plants are heliotropic. I think…

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[welkinalauda]

Fair is foul and foul is fair

Mr Trump told the Times that Mr Sessions’ vague scant gesture toward ordinary ethical norms (recusing himself on the Russia thing) was “unfair” to Mr Trump.

This is an example of something I’ve noticed before. “Fair,” in standard English, means “just” and “legitimate.” In the dialect of spoiled boys, “fair” means “beneficial.” “Unfair” means “detrimental.” 

So when one of the spoiled boys says, “You’re not being fair to me,” he’s not talking about how you rate on abstract ideals of justice, equity, or honesty. He’s saying, “You are not according me the deference to which I am entitled.” 

I suspect that at least sometimes this is a consciously undertaken rhetorical trick, meant to persuade a naive listener that abstract fairness coincides with the speaker’s interests. Mostly though, I think the spoiled boys really do believe that even-handed justice requires that they always win. That the only explanation for one of them losing is that someone else cheated. Which makes an excellent rationalization for the spoiled boys cheating themselves. It’s only fair, after all.

[lawhimsy]

Word Nerd: Tohubohu

Tohubohu (pronounced to-hoo-bo-hoo) means chaos; disorder; confusion. Tohubohu derives from the Hebrew phrase tōhū wā-bhōhū (without form and void), which is from from tōhū (formlessness, confusion) and bōhū (emptiness). Tohubohu was first used around 1611 or so.  Tohubohu was first used in a  translation of the Bible, specifically in Genesis 1:2. Tohubohu refers to the emptiness and desolation…

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[lawhimsy]

Word Nerd: Plenilune

Plenilune is a full moon or the time of the full moon. Plenilune is a Middle English word that derives from the Latin plenilunium, which derives from plenus (full) and lunium / luna (moon). Plenilune is a word with a fairly straight forward definition – a full moon. Plenilune is such a poetic word ~ “The night sky, lit up with the plenilune/a world of dreams come yet to come true…” and a very…

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[lawhimsy]

Word Nerd: Punnet

A punnet is a small container or basket for fruits or vegetables. Punnet is of uncertain origin but is thought to be a diminutive of pun (British dialect word for pound). Punnet is used mostly in Commonwealth countries (though not Canada) and it’s first recorded usage is around 1815 to 1825. Punnets are usually small and light, yet sturdy and are used to protect fragile fruits and veggies that…

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[lawhimsy]

Word Nerd: Niveous

Niveous mean of, or relating to snow; snowy. Niveous derives from the Latin niveus, from nix (snow). Niveous is such a beautiful wintry word. Niveous can be used to describe snowy conditions – “The forest lay quite beneath it’s cold, niveous blanket.” or “There was mystery in the niveous winter air, so cold and clear and icy.”. Niveous also relates to the color of snow, to it’s whiteness. “The…

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[lawhimsy]

Word Nerd: Esperance

Esperance means hope. Esperance is an obsolete or archaic word that derives from Middle English esperaunce (hope) which derives from the Old French esperance (hope), which in-turn derives from Vulgar Latin sperantia (unattested), which is from the Latin spērāre (to hope). Esperance was first recorded being used around 1400-1450. Esperance can also be describe as the feeling that is wanted can be…

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