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fuckyeahgoodomens · 1 year

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Whoa, just noticed that if I define a word with google, it also depicts the origin of the word, cool :).

(hehe, robot of czech origin (obligatory czech cackle) :))

#good omens #google #word origin #ineffable #demon #fun fact #czech #robot

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psychidion · 1 year

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I really learn the most fascinating things on accident, and my favorite recent discovery is that ammonites, those amazing spiral fossils, were named that way because they looked like the horns of the Greek/ Egyptian god, Ammon.

#ammonites #ammon #greek mythology #egyptian mythology #word origin #vocabulary #today i learned #dys blurbs

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tiktoksinspo · 2 years

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#Oh #Interesting #English #word origin #werewolf #Wife #Language #Linguistic #the more you know #Damn #Nice #Woman #Man #tiktok #tiktoks #@litelinguistics

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armedhistorian · 2 years

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Nightmare: Word Origin.

The word nightmare comes from the Old English mare, a demonic spirit thought to suffocate its sleeping victims. The word is also a cognate of the Dutch word nachtmerrie and the german word nachtmahr.

Art: Esclave de Satan

Artist: Marcel Roux.

#nightmare #art history #artwork #art #artists on tumblr #word origin #lexicon #drawing

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butchfalin · 5 months

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the funniest meltdown ive ever had was in college when i got so overstimulated that i could Not speak, including over text. one of my friends was trying to talk me through it but i was solely using emojis because they were easier than trying to come up with words so he started using primarily emojis as well just to make things feel balanced. this was not the Most effective strategy... until. he tried to ask me "you okay?" but the way he chose to do that was by sending "👉🏼👌🏼❓" and i was so shocked by suddenly being asked if i was dtf that i was like WHAT???? WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME?????????? and thus was verbal again

#yeehaw #1k #5k #10k #posts that got cursed. blasted. im making these tag updates after... 19 hours?#also i have been told it should say speech loss bc nonverbal specifically refers to the permanent state. did not know that!#unfortunately i fear it is so far past containment that even if i edited it now it would do very little. but noted for future reference #edit 2: nvm enough ppl have come to rb it from me directly that i changed the wording a bit. hopefully this makes sense #also. in case anyone is curious. though i doubt anyone who is commenting these things will check the original tags #1) my friend did not do this on purpose in any way. it was not intended to distract me or to hit on me. im a lesbian hes a gay man. cmon now #he felt very bad about it afterwards. i thought it was hilarious but it was very embarrassed and apologetic #2) “why didn't he use 🫵🏼?” didn't exist yet. “why didn't he use 🆗?” dunno! we'd been using a lot of hand emojis. 👌🏼 is an ok sign #like it makes sense. it was just a silly mixup. also No i did not invent 👉🏼👌🏼 as a gesture meaning sex. do you live under a rock #3) nonspeaking episodes are a recurring thing in my life and have been since i was born. this is not a quirky one-time thing #it is a pervasive issue that is very frustrating to both myself and the people i am trying to communicate with. in which trying to speak is #extremely distressing and causes very genuine anguish. this post is not me making light of it it's just a funny thing that happened once #it's no different than if i post about a funny thing that happened in conjunction w a physical disability. it's just me talking abt my life #i don't mind character tags tho. those can be entertaining. i don't know what any of you are talking about #Except the ppl who have said this is pego/ryu or wang/xian. those people i understand and respect #if you use it as a writing prompt that's fine but send it to me. i want to see it #aaaand i think that's it. everyday im tempted to turn off rbs on it. it hasn't even been a week

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lotrmusical · 1 month

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never let anyone tell you that trawling through mediocre victorian poetry isn't worth it. we just happened upon an absolute BANGER of a worm poem. go read it or else 🪱🪱🪱

#was calling beckett and scouring the works of eliza cook looking for lesbianism #good amounts of lesbianism in evidence but unfortunately very little in the way of good poetry #APART from this worm one which DOES NOT MISS #eliza cook #is there a thriving eliza cook tag on tumblr. somehow i doubt it #the hand of the giant and the heart of the brave / must turn weak and submit to the worm and the grave!#not an original theme ofc but GOD the treatment is delightful. so fresh so gleeful some rlly nice use of sound. rlly solidly constructed #words #gay belligerence

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thoughtcascades · 9 months

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I come from a long line of people with something wrong with them

#own #text #thoughtcascades #showerthoughts #shower thoughts #quote #quotes #writing #original words #poetry #literature #inspiring #quoteoftheday #poem #aesthetic #prose #inspiring quote #life #spilled ink

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applejongho · 11 months

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"I feel so normal about him" well I dont. move

#apple lady words #for anyone coming back to the original post and is curious: this post is about hongjoong of ateez (kpop group)

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thoughtkick · 16 days

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You are so brave and quiet I forget you are suffering.

Ernest Hemingway

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perfectquote · 2 months

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You will search for me in another person, I promise.

Unknown

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quotefeeling · 1 month

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Ten years from now, make sure you can say that you chose your life, you didn’t settle for it.

Mandy Hale

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stay-close · 3 months

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The strongest people have a past filled with chaos, heart break and disappointment.

r.h. Sin

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thehopefulquotes · 23 days

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The bravest thing I ever did was continuing my life when I wanted to die.

Juliette Lewis

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resqectable · 2 months

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The soul always knows what to do to heal itself, the challenge is to silence the mind.

Book of serenity

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perfectfeelings · 2 months

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Until we have seen someone's darkness, we don't really know who they are. Until we have forgiven someone's darkness, we don't really know what love is.

Marianne Williamson

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thoughtcascades · 1 year

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I’m sorry if i seem weird it's because I literally am

#own #text #thoughtcascades #showerthoughts #shower thoughts #quote #quotes #writing #original words #poetry #literature #inspiring #quoteoftheday #poem #aesthetic #prose #inspiring quote #life #spilled ink

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