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#Obscurdle 1225: 4/6
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Obscurdle

LeRoy Miller 3h ago

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🙂 Daily Quordle 1574
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Serena 4h ago

Normalize saying hither, hence, whither, whence, thither, and thence in casual conversation and chat

#Words #WhyNot

jan 6h ago

”I keep asking myself, what am I summoning into being through the words I turn toward, the language I speak, the sentences I write? What am I growing from the words I use to describe myself, my life, and the world with? What am I making more vivid that I actually want to release or create distance from? What am I refusing to allow, simply because I refuse to practice new ways of speaking about it? What have I not yet put into words because some part of me is afraid of making it more real — because I’m not sure what lives on the other side of summoning it into being?”
—Lisa Olivera
https://lisaolivera.substack.com/p/summoning-into-being
#words

Summoning into being

and what our words can architect

Human Stuff

DianaResists 8h ago

Sunday Spelling Bee #nytspellingbee #spellingbee #nytbee #nytsb #hivemind #Writers #Words #WordGames #Puzzles #Authors #WritingCommunity #writersky #poetrysky #booksky #artsky #creativesky @[email protected]

DanQ.me 11h ago

Rubberdogging, verb: attempting to invent a solution to a technical problem by explaining it out loud to a pet. From "rubberducking", the practice of doing so to an inanimate object, and "dog walking".
Read more: https://danq.me/2026/05/17/rubberdogging/

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Rubberdogging

Rubberdogging, verb: attempting to invent a solution to a technical problem by explaining it out loud to a pet. From "rubberducking", the practice of doing so to an inanimate object, and "dog walking".

Dan Q

Dan Q 11h ago

Rubberdogging, verb: attempting to invent a solution to a technical problem by explaining it out loud to a pet. From "rubberducking", the practice of doing so to an inanimate object, and "dog walking".

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Via: 🔗 https://danq.me/2026/05/17/rubberdogging/

Wilfrid L 13h ago

I never really thought why a wardrobe was called a wardrobe. And it appears to be something that protects robes - ie. wards robes.

I realised this after learning that one Greek word for wardrone is γκαρνταρόμπα - ie.Gardaroba. Robe Guard.

#Greek #Etymology #Words

Holly 22h ago

The Merriam-Webster word of the day for May 16 is kiki, as in "Don't go breaking my heart when you talk about me at the kiki, Dee"

https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/kiki-2026-05-16?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&utm_campaign=fark&ICID=ref_fark

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Word of the Day: Kiki

Let’s chitchat about the word kiki, a fun word for a fun, gossipy gathering. While its exact origins are unclear, we know that kiki has roots in the ballroom community, a primarily Black and Latino

BobDevney 1d ago

Just rollicking through Merriam-Webster's nice new 12th Edition "Collegiate Dictionary" (2026). One addition: fun little word lists. Some from "Rare and Amusing Insults" could come in handy taxonomizing the denizens of the current regime…

blatherskite: a person who talks foolishly
cockalorum: a boastful & self-important person
lickspittle: a fawning subordinate
loblolly: an awkward brutish person
poltroon: a spiritless coward
snollygoster: a shrewd, unprincipled person

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