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The Merriam-Webster word of the day for April 6 is cotton, as in "It took you a while to understand but eventually you cotton"

https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/cotton-2026-04-06?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&utm_campaign=fark&ICID=ref_fark

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Word of the Day: Cotton

The noun cotton, from the Arabic word quṭun or quṭn, first appeared in English in the 14th century. The substance and the word that named it were soon both culturally prominent, so English did a very

Holly 2d ago

Don't be a dick, be an eggplant

https://www.rawstory.com/renea-gamble/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&utm_campaign=fark&ICID=ref_fark

#politics #amusing #Alabama

Red state city piles on charges for grandma arrested for crude costume at Trump protest

An Alabama city is plowing ahead with prosecuting a 62-year-old grandmother who was thrown to the ground and arrested at an anti-Trump rally last fall for wearing an inflatable costume shaped like a male reproductive organ.Renea Gamble was arrested Oct. 18 at a No Kings rally in Fairhope, Alabama, a...

Raw Story

Holly 2d ago

The horse or the driver?

https://www.loweringthebar.net/2026/04/still-illegal-to-drive-a-horse-under-the-influence-in-kentucky.html?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&utm_campaign=fark&ICID=ref_fark

#law #amusing #Kentucky

Still Illegal to Drive (a Horse) Under the Influence in Kentucky

One of the few states where this is pretty clear.

Lowering the Bar

Holly 2d ago

Cincinnati wins in the Lemon Pound Cake division

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2026/04/03/after-winning-lawsuit-afroman-to-perform-in-newport-on-may-9/89457430007/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&utm_campaign=fark&ICID=ref_fark

#entertainment #music #rap #amusing #Cincinnati

Afroman to perform at major Greater Cincinnati venue

In early May, Afroman will be performing in Greater Cincinnati. Two weeks ago, the rapper won a defamation suit brought against him by police.

The Enquirer

Holly 2d ago

The Merriam-Webster word of the day for April 4 is wiseacre, as in "The patch of ground that MIT sits on is a very wiseacre"

https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/wiseacre-2026-04-04?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&utm_campaign=fark&ICID=ref_fark

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Word of the Day: Wiseacre

Given the spelling and definition of wiseacre, you might guess that the word was formed directly from the familiar adjective wise. And you might be wise to think so—a wiseacre, after all, is someone

Holly 2d ago

Harmeet Dhillon's big farking mouth just might've given Fulton County the ammo the need to go after the feds

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/doj-fulton-county-ballot-seizure-timeline-harmeet-dhillon-revealed/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&utm_campaign=fark&ICID=ref_fark

#politics #amusing #Georgia

DOJ says Fulton County ballot seizure timeline is secret. But Harmeet Dhillon may have already revealed it

The episode is the latest example of how public statements by Trump DOJ officials — particularly those with active social media presences — are bleeding into active litigation.

Democracy Docket

Holly 3d ago

Now that a federal judge has declared that Stinky has to give NPR their federal money back, here they are suddenly being all scrappy and straight out asking why there have been so few arrests made of people identified in the Epstein Files

https://www.npr.org/2026/04/03/nx-s1-5766260/epstein-files-arrests-doj-prosecutors

#politics #amusing #USA

Holly 3d ago

"Pam Bondi still has to testify, under oath, in front of the Oversight Committee regarding the Epstein Files. This does not get her out of that bipartisan, lawful subpoena." Man, at least the Trump admin can make some real Must See TV

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/pam-bondi-epstein-files-testimony_n_69ceb5d7e4b0d214cc707ca3?utm_source=partner&utm_medium=traffic&utm_campaign=fark

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