Nolan
As you settle into Mastodon, be sure to learn the lingo:
- "toot": a tweet
- "tusking": starting a pointless fight with another user
- "woolly": going viral, as in "wow, that toot really went woolly"
- "extinction event": when a whole instance goes down
Apr 3, 2017 at 11:01pmWeb
Show threadTim PastoorApr 3, 2017
@nolan I would reserve "extinction event" for when the last Tweep migrates to these moisty pastures.
Show threadNolanApr 3, 2017
@timp hell yeah, in this timeline it's the birds that go extinct baby
Show threadLes OrchardApr 3, 2017
@nolan now define "awoo"
Show threadNolanApr 3, 2017
@lmorchard awoo is untranslatable, that's like asking a Japanese person to define "wabi-sabi"
Show threadLes OrchardApr 3, 2017
@nolan Fair enough!
Show thread🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️KODO🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️Apr 3, 2017
@nolan or a white person "hokey pokey"
Show threadsarah jeongApr 4, 2017
@lmorchard @nolan $350
Show threadLes OrchardApr 4, 2017
@sarahjeong goddamnit @nolan
Show thread🕷🤖🐷Anja Ghraves 💜♠️💚 ✅Apr 4, 2017
@nolan This is why I like Amaroq
Show threadNolanApr 4, 2017
@spiderrobotpig because it's just full of my toots? :D
Show thread🕷🤖🐷Anja Ghraves 💜♠️💚 ✅Apr 4, 2017

@nolan Yah!

That and it changes every instance of toot to awoo

Show threadNolanApr 4, 2017
@spiderrobotpig ohhhh didn't even notice! Tusky doesn't do that, looks like fruit users have a different experience from droid users :)
Show thread🕷🤖🐷Anja Ghraves 💜♠️💚 ✅Apr 4, 2017
@nolan yah haha. It's a setting in amaroq
Show threadJason Apr 4, 2017
@nolan a veritable Mastodon 101.
Show threadINACTIVEApr 5, 2017
@nolan "ice age": when there isn't any activity in the entire network of all instances.
Show threadNolanApr 5, 2017
@deadsuperhero ugggg too real
Show threadINACTIVEApr 5, 2017
@nolan "dinosaurs": other federated networks
Show threadccApr 5, 2017
@nolan I'm still not sure about the whole toot thing, but I'm down for woolly lol
Show threadNolanApr 5, 2017
@cc especially since the originating toot was woolly af
Show threadNiiiiiiiiiickApr 5, 2017
@nolan Cool, thanks :smile:
Show threadanimeirlApr 6, 2017
@nolan I refuse
Show threaddeathpigeonApr 6, 2017
@nolan "I was tusking in a toot which went wooly and caused an extinction event" Like that?
Show threadNolanApr 6, 2017
@deathpigeon wow sounds like a dank fuckin toot
Show threadJoshApr 7, 2017
@nolan Brilliant! What about "stampede" when an instance overloads with new registrations?
Show threadDoc Edward Morbius ❌​Apr 10, 2017
@josh @nolan That reminds me of Puppet's Thundering Herd problem.
Show threadSEALIRLApr 9, 2017
@nolan pretty sure you just made these up
Show threadNolanApr 10, 2017
@animeirl you catch on fast don't you
Show threadLaurieApr 10, 2017
@nolan I love Woolly so much
Show threadDoc Edward Morbius ❌​Apr 10, 2017

@nolan I've been using "Tusking" for blocking.

And "boosting" should be "trumpeting".

/me stomps down.

Show threadWolf LightingApr 10, 2017
@nolan thanks a lot for the Mastodon terms, I'm learning
Show threadfeldMar 26, 2018
@nolan

- "paleo": a fediverse hipster
Show threadSean Conlan 🍺Mar 27, 2018
@nolan Tusking. Pointless. I see what you did there.
Show threadMara, Technopact WarlockMar 27, 2018
@nolan
Giving these the official Mastolinguist☑️ seal of approval
Show threadTrolli Schmittlauch 🦥Mar 28, 2018
So looks like I just recovered from an extinction event.
Show threadprinceOfDewApr 25, 2018
@nolan this is adorable.
Show threadMara, Technopact WarlockAug 17, 2018
@nolan
I would like more attestation of these. Toot I know, but I've never heard the others. Let's call it #linguistics research: can you find me examples from before you posted if other people using these words?
Show threadBlake C. StaceyAug 17, 2018
@nolan @DialMforMara I've used "woolly" or "wooly" a few times.
Show threadGadfly (-booq-)Aug 17, 2018
@bstacey @nolan @DialMforMara Wait, people actually use those terms? I was SURE the original post was sarcastic...
Show threadMara, Technopact WarlockAug 17, 2018
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Show threadwolfie 🐺Nov 9, 2022
Re: LB, I'd not heard tusking before, but all of these are great 
Show threadNIST Standard Reference BoyNov 9, 2022

@wolfie I haven't heard tusking before, but it's good!

I do still use "wooly" though :)

Show threadwolfie 🐺Nov 9, 2022
@bright_helpings I do love woolly 😊
Show threadTommi NieminenNov 9, 2022
@nolan The last one should really be an “ELE”, extiction level event, as in Deep Impact.
Show threadReinder Dijkhuis Does ArtNov 9, 2022
@nolan add ‘fossil’: someone who’s been here for 5 years or longer.
Show threaddionNov 9, 2022
@nolan I really like that last one. Extinction event 😏
Show threadAdaNov 11, 2022
@nolan So, in this context, does twitter count as an "instance"? 'cause I feel an extinction event coming on
Show threadRaindrop WorksDec 16, 2022
@nolan with these terms it really is starting to feel like home!