Mastodawn

Le traiteur (fr) comes from English treats. 😋
Because after a horrible and exhausting day, I stopped at the traiteur to treat myself with treats. 🍽️ 🍷 For a very lazy night.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/treat

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Definition of TREAT

Definition of 'treat' by Merriam-Webster

Nom__XD, 飲ん,诺穆 (They/Them)🐈‍⬛5d ago

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Will 🏳️‍🌈5d ago

I use more than one tab in my browser for exactly two reasons:
1) When going through a playlist in YouTube, and I want to drill into the channel without taking me out of my current context. Then I right click so I can open the channel in a new tab.
2) When composing a post in Mastodon, and I want to make sure I'm spelling something correctly, or am using the correct phrasing.

Relatable?

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DigitalDruid Apr 24

Daft question time: If your ears make an ‘observation’ i.e they’ve detected something different/ out of the ordinary, is it still an observation or is there an ear-specific word?! I’m racking my brain but think there possibly is, but for the life of me can’t get the word out and it’s better to farm out daft questions here than using an AI/ search tool. And if one doesn’t exist, there bloody well should be!

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Jesse Sheidlower Apr 23

A matched set of 3 new entries for the Historical #Dictionary of #ScienceFiction! For "earthport", "marsport", & "moonport", (usually capitalized as the name of) spaceports in those places. 1930s–. sfdictionary.com/view/3029/ea... sfdictionary.com/view/3030/ma... sfdictionary.com/view/3028/mo...

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Jesse Sheidlower Apr 23

A matched set of 3 new entries for the Historical #Dictionary of #ScienceFiction! For "earthport", "marsport", & "moonport", (usually capitalized as the name of) spaceports in those places. 1930s–.

https://sfdictionary.com/view/3029/earthport
https://sfdictionary.com/view/3030/marsport
https://sfdictionary.com/view/3028/moonport

"moonport" substantially antedates the OED entry; in passing I also found (and of course sent in) an antedating for the (non-SFnal) sense 'a place for launching rockets to the moon'.