marlies 
The vatican needed a latin word for tweet, because the pope tweets. Or tweeted, I suppose, given the whole dead or dying situation. Anyway, they call them breviloquia (s breviloquium) which is honestly a great word even tho it’s not very brief itself. Given its nature and etymology I think we should be able to use it platform-independently and apply it to toots, skeets and even Truths as well. Anyway thank you for reading this breviloquium.
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Show threadjandiFeb 26

@marlies What's the abbreviation? BL? Bre? Bum?

Ain't nobody got time to write that!

Show threadmarlies Feb 26
@jandi I’d say BQ
Show threadjandiFeb 26

@marlies Grammatically suspect and already a trademark, difficult task!

Edit: Trademark problem solved, they went bankrupt! There's a future for bq!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BQ_%28company%29

BQ (company) - Wikipedia

Show threadLollylandFeb 26
@jandi @marlies it would still be weird for people who used their products tho (my first smartphone!!)
Show threadCallistoFeb 27
@jandi @marlies geez every runner, ex-runner or family member of a runner knows what BQ stands for
Show threadjandiFeb 27
@callisto @marlies Ok, ok, we're picking brev, is brev something too? https://www.islandbridgerunner.com/post/what-does-it-mean-to-bq
What Does it Mean to BQ?

Boston Qualifier. A time run on a certified marathon distance course under the qualifying time for your age and gender. Basically, your ticket to the most historic, and arguably, the most prestigious marathon in the world. At least that’s how it used to work. For the past few years, people who had a BQ, who met the qualifying standard, were not necessarily accepted into the big race. The Boston Athletic Association receives entries from anyone meeting the qualifying standard, but only accepts th

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Show threadMia ‘Meetings? I Abstain’ Luna TearmoonFeb 27
@marlies @callisto @jandi mate it's hard to explain mate it's just like one day you'll just be wif your mates having a look in jd and you might fancy curry club at the 'Spoons but your lad Calum who's an absolute ledge and the archbishop of banterbury will be like 'brevs lets have a cheeky nandos instead." and you'll think "Top. Let's smash it."
Show threadMia ‘Meetings? I Abstain’ Luna TearmoonFeb 27
@callisto @jandi @marlies (I sincerely apologise but your post gave me the excuse to bring this gem back from oblivion)
Show threadjandiFeb 27
@mia @callisto @marlies No apologies, thanks, I loved it! Colorful writing!
Show threadjandiFeb 27
@mia @callisto @marlies For today's other 9999: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/66021/new-meaning-cheeky-thats-got-americans-confused
The New Meaning of 'Cheeky' That's Confusing Americans

How is language evolving on the internet? In this series on internet linguistics, Gretchen McCulloch breaks down the latest innovations in online communication.

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Show threadMia ‘Meetings? I Abstain’ Luna TearmoonFeb 27

@jandi @callisto @marlies oh that one has the source, I had to quote from memory and on my phone because I failed to find it

thanks!

Show threadMia ‘Meetings? I Abstain’ Luna TearmoonFeb 27
@jandi @callisto @marlies also there's an Australian adaptation which I also love:
Show threadMia ‘Meetings? I Abstain’ Luna TearmoonFeb 27
@jandi @callisto @marlies expletives galore but it's Australian outback so…
Show threadJaneishlyFeb 27
@jandi @callisto @marlies "brev" is Swedish for letter, and they (at least the older ones) often use it for emails too! So that would work.
Show threadEvil Jim O’DonnellFeb 27
@jandi @callisto @marlies brev, let’s have a cheeky Nando’s.
Show threadGraeme HiltonFeb 27
@jandi @marlies I thought you meant B&Q, I had no idea there was a BQ.
Show threadAlexanderVIFeb 27

@marlies

Would be a nightmare in Canada, BQ is the federal political party, the Bloc Québecois

@jandi

Show threadjandiFeb 27
@AlexanderVI @marlies brev it is then, I'm teaching my autocomplete right now.
Show threadMia ‘Meetings? I Abstain’ Luna TearmoonFeb 27
@jandi one problem: brev means bruv which means mate/brother
Show threadjandiFeb 27
@mia https://martinfowler.com/bliki/TwoHardThings.html
bliki: Two Hard Things

There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation and naming things -- Phil Karlton (bonus variations on the page)

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Show threadlipfang 🏳️‍⚧️Feb 27
@jandi @AlexanderVI @marlies I like brev because it also alludes to the short and concise nature of the posts
Show threadCallistoFeb 27
@jandi @marlies More like too many characters in "breviloquium" to write it in your breviloquium.
Show threadsmiddiFeb 27

@jandi

Brekkie of course!

@marlies

Show threadMatt 🔶 (LordMatt)Mar 3
@jandi @marlies I'd say Brev is the shortening. Breviloquium means brevity of speech, so it works in English, too.
Show threadNathanFeb 26
@marlies i think miniphany should be a word.
Show threadWalter TrossFeb 26
@herrold
but that would be half Latin, half Greek. The Vatican needed a Latin word. I must say that breviloquium is perfect, except for its length.
@marlies
Show threadArturo Serrano 🇨🇴🤖👽🧙🦄Mar 2
@waltertross @herrold @marlies Nine out of every ten virologists recommend mixing roots in your neologisms.
Show threadMatt 🔶 (LordMatt)Mar 3
@waltertross @herrold @marlies Not exactly a self-demonstrating word is it
Show threadThe FrogFeb 27

@herrold @marlies

No. Nononono. Nope. This would create chaos in Britain. (Check the *British* definition of fanny)...

Show threadNathanFeb 27
@Lily_and_frog @marlies do you pronounce fanny like finny?
Show threadThe FrogFeb 27

@herrold @marlies

Not in Liverpool. Pronounced like fanny.

Show threadrjFeb 27
@marlies when will we build the Latin internalization pack for mastodon
Show threadDima Pasechnik 🇺🇦 🇳🇱Feb 28
@arrjay @marlies as soon as one builds a time machine to send to the Roman Empire one of LLMs, to gather the correct vocabulary quickly...
Show threadantimagic heart-sicknessFeb 27
@marlies they could shorten it to breq (pronounced "brīc")
Show threadmarlies Feb 27
@apophis i like that!
Show threadCrazypedia⍼Feb 27
@apophis @marlies posting shall henceforth be known as "tossing a breq"
Show threadF4GRX SébastienFeb 27
@marlies it's fun, but too tainted by religion. Toot it wilk stay.
Show threadLuna RFeb 27

@f4grx @marlies
😑✋ embracing the church
😌👉 subverting the church

Let's breviloquate this shit straight to the underworld 😇

Show threadCapybara Feb 27
@marlies im gonna need to brev abiut thus
Show threadPassengerFeb 27

@sotneStatue @marlies

This is a good brev.

Show threadCapybara Feb 27
@passenger @marlies follow for more capybrevs
Show threadCourt Cantrell prefers not toFeb 27
@marlies A person who engages in breviloquium is a breviloquist.
Show thread🟥 Eveline Sulman 🇳🇱🇪🇺🇺🇦Feb 27
@courtcan @marlies and when you do not tweet or toot, you are breviloquiet!
Show threadTak!Feb 27
@marlies Changing the toot/post/publish button to read breviloquiate
Show threadTak!Feb 27
@marlies Breviloquium breviloquiatus [apertim]
Show threadCroutons for breakfast 🪓Feb 27

@marlies
> Or tweeted, I suppose, given the whole dead or dying situation.

😆

Show threadDavid Penfold Feb 27
@marlies The domain name for http://breviloquia.com/ is available, if anyone fancies a new Mastodon instance...
Show threadSpencerFeb 27
@davep @marlies just snagged it!
Show threadDavid Penfold Feb 27
@spencer 🤣@marlies
Show threadM. GrégoireFeb 28

@spencer
I presume it will become the first Latin instance?

@davep @marlies

Show threadsamatariFeb 27
@marlies the actual latin word for it is noun “garrio”, verb “garrire”
Show threadNitin KhannaFeb 27
@marlies skeets?
Show threadChristopher BrownFeb 27
@nitinkhanna BlueSky calls their posts “skeets.” 😬
Show threadNitin KhannaFeb 27
@christopherbrown as in skeet shooting? Those skeets? Wow.
Show threadChristopher BrownFeb 27

@nitinkhanna I don’t quite have a frame of reference as to etymology of BlueSky’s usage of the term other than that’s what early adopters or die hard use.

I don’t really use that platform.

Show threadNitin KhannaFeb 27
@christopherbrown same. Can’t be arsed with it. I’m suffered through App.net and am part of two of its progeny run by some very nice people. And Masto, of course. Not gonna waste my time on a corporate social network again.
Show threadAsh_CrowFeb 27
@nitinkhanna @christopherbrown as in sky + tweet
Show threadChristopher BrownFeb 27

@Ash_Crow @nitinkhanna Well there you go.

Thank you.