#word thoughts

[goblinindenial]

Thinking about how 'deadly' means 'awesome', 'cool' and-or 'excellent' in Aussie indigenous slang, and thought 'giving antivenom' seems a viable opposite phrase, tho admittedly it does feel too white in vibe.

Onth' topic of 'giving' tho, nave seen the opposite of 'it's giving', tho seems it's merely 'nyot giving'. Would be mildly funny tae mich if some folks started saying 'it's taking'.

[not-a-lame-llama]

“why do always want to buy the books”

because to own a book means that I can impact it the way that it impacted me. I can leave tear tracks and lip stick stains, I can draw hearts over character’s names and write poetry when inspired. I scribble my name on the inside cover to tell the world that I was there, that I felt those emotions and learned those things. And one day, one day I will have my own house, with walls of bookshelves. Little children will ask me why I have so many, and I will tell them the stories of my life that each is connected to. I was dreaming of unicorns when I travelled across the country at 9 and I dreamt of revolution at the cruel age of 17. When I am gone my family will still have traces of me, mountains of stories to feel what I felt. You will open the loved cover of your favorite story and find the name of a girl you don’t know inside it, know that it was one of her favorites too, know that she was there. There’s something magical in that to me.

[toriwritesstories]

I can’t believe whoever named “a place where beehives are kept” went with apiary instead of the perfect choice of “abeeary” like. it was right there.

[dehex18]

"Aromatic smell" is such an annoying phrase.

I understand what it is meant to convey (i.e., a pleasant olfactory sensation), but it just feels redundant, like you're just saying it's a "smelly smell."

[starfly-inq]

[not-a-lame-llama]

so is “joking” a shortened version of “just kidding” or did those two come to be completely separately?

[starfly-inq]

Somewhere between

You are not a demon

Making yourself out to be so angry Red-eyed snarling, glowing

You're a wild animal caught in a trap

Deer in the headlights, darling

You could bite my hand off and I'd still call you angel

12.9.19