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not big words but words u just don’t hear often… like yea drop a casual ‘insouciant’. what’s all this vocab for if we can’t use it ??
Apr 24, 2024

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circuitous
Apr 25, 2024
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i get a new word caught on me then i spread it like pollen until it’s worn off. used up nascent and hubris recently… got any recs?
Apr 24, 2024
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halidgka love those… i’ve been severely overusing chagrin and reticent <3
Apr 24, 2024
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inspired me to think about my current favorite words!!
Apr 24, 2024
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weird omg love that, pls share some !
Apr 24, 2024
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akykl shared on my page! been trying to use retrofit more though
Apr 25, 2024

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while discussing current linguistic trends in a small group we were talking with an older zoomer and someone around my age and how some words become “trendy” (this is where some red flags starting going off in my head), and how some people use slay to seem “in touch” and just comes off as off putting. the person near my age then said that words like “slay” and “period” were, essentially, trends two years ago. here’s where my sleeper agent was activated. what i would have said was how we (we were all white in the discussion) tend to appropriate and steal words as they are pushed into algorithms and become colloquial speach without acknowledging their sources (which 90% of the time is from queer poc, especially from the ballroom and drag scene). i forgot i’m one of few who actually knows this and tries to subvert my usage of said language for words that aren’t bastardized and stolen from other cultures even though i may be queer myself, that doesn’t give me or others a pass to use words that can sound unintentionally stolen, misused, or worse. just wanted to say that — sorry for not really reaching a “point” with this it’s just a very special cross-interest of mine with linguistics, semantics, and drag/ballroom culture with which i am all interested in :p
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There is an untapped potential in the revival of these niche vibes.
“Great googly moogly” “Jumping Jehoshaphat” “Gadzooks”
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too loud and strong … as a child i thought it was gonna suck me in (i still do)
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yes babe talk to me for 2 hours about something i’ve never heard of <3
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why the hell should i ever be pragmatic!!! life is short!!!
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