JoeMar 1
George Dinwiddie
This fucking world, etm.
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Show thread@pineywoozle ‘s #3WordNoteMar 1
@gdinwiddie #tRump Etm.
Show threadScriptFanix💍Mar 1
@Pineywoozle
Current politics etm.
#fixedThisForYou
@gdinwiddie
Show thread@pineywoozle ‘s #3WordNoteMar 1
@ScriptFanix @gdinwiddie Very true.
Show threadMartin Angelo 🏳️‍🌈Mar 1

@gdinwiddie I think only “etc.” is interchangeable with “etm.” The others have a slightly different meaning for me.

But I’m not a native speaker, I might be wrong about this.

Show threadMoss WizardMar 1
@elnecesario @gdinwiddie you are correct. The text in the image says “just like” to suggest it’s another abbreviation of a Latin phrase, not that they are alike in meaning or use.
Show threadVrtxdMar 1
@gdinwiddie organic fertilizers, e.g. compost, ash, bone meal, etm.
Show threadKähisijäahon Pää-ÄljyMar 1
@vrtxd @gdinwiddie
hooman: what an awful smell of cat pee here!
cat: etm.
Show threadParttimesailorMar 1
@gdinwiddie Etm. happens
Show thread𝙉𝙤𝙖𝙝 𝙨𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙛Mar 1
@gdinwiddie Just to appease the Latin scholars in the studio audiences, yes we all know it’s a calque (word-for-word translation) of the English idiom "and shit" into Latin and this is not actually a real Latin expression or abbreviation. Shush now, let people enjoy things.
Show threadPetra van CronenburgMar 1
@monkeyninja 👍🏼🤣 The more people use it, the more official it becomes! 😉 @gdinwiddie
Show threadDe_MinimisMar 1

@gdinwiddie YAY! I'm now 1 brain-cell smarter ... etm.

This is definitely getting worked into the CV, one way or another.

Show threadFeloniousPunkMar 1
@gdinwiddie I’m going to sign off all communications with, ‘…and so on, etc. etm. atm.’
Show threadGergovieMar 1

@gdinwiddie

Ai aaaaai. Aaaai. Aaaai

Show threadPorky FoxMar 1
@gdinwiddie Seems like use without a comma would be more common etm.
Show threadAurélien GâteauMar 1

@gdinwiddie

Interestingly, ETM is the name of my wifi network 😅, but it means "Enter The Matrix" here (and all the machines connected to it are named after Matrix characters).

Show threadGraeme 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Mar 1
@gdinwiddie The perfect shorthand for enshittification? @pluralistic
Show threadteledyn 𓂀Mar 1

@gdinwiddie

I've always loved the "&c" notation used in bygone days, despite modern writing tools, in their narrow geek minds, believing this to be a typo. I will now be adding "&m" to my repertoire 🤣

Show threadLuke DornyMar 1
@gdinwiddie @dnanian added to quiver. Deep bow, etm.
Show threadJaymi Elford (she/her)Mar 2
@gdinwiddie @abetterjulie i was able to sneak it into a byline for a series of articles i wrote over a year