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Discerning

showing good judgment; discriminating; judicious; tasteful

Frank Sonderborg

Frank Sonderborg

@fsonder.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy

For €5 you could get an “essential” handling package including a “professional” spine-break for your book, “two commonplace page markers, 2 scholastic dog-ears; 4 underlined passages; 1 arbitrary yet discerning piece of marginalia; and 1 contextually appropriate piece of marginalia” […]

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Plastic

looking or tasting artificial; superficial; false; fake easily shaped or molded

Project Push

Project Push

@project-push.tk.gg

American Objects
It’s red. It’s soft plastic. And it probably contains your favorite beverage.
via Associated Press

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Proclivity

a tendency to choose to do something (regularly usually)

Ron Sexsmith

Ron Sexsmith

@ronsexsmith.bsky.social

Colleen with her hedge clippers
Has a certain proclivity
For the clippity snippity RS

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Pulchritude

beauty; fairness; loveliness; good-looking; attractiveness (used in literary terms)

Love The Mets

Love The Mets

@lovethemetsbot.bsky.social

@Mets tweeted
Equal parts pulchritudinous and psychotic https://t.co/vh69CTGy89

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Surly

rude or bad tempered (less strong that irascible); moody; sulky used to describe someone who is purposefully ignoring or being a bit rude

supranatural canid λ🩸

supranatural canid λ🩸

@wolves.wtf

she spits me out in her surly blood riv-ers !

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Upbraid

to find fault with someone; to rebuke or scold someone (not as strong as castigate, stronger than chide); admonish; rebuke; reproach; lambast; berate

Himbo Deluxe

Himbo Deluxe

@verylarge.bsky.social

Scheduling a meeting to upbraid my direct reports for their actions, or lack thereof, regarding Minas Morgul

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Pungent

1. a really bad smell or nasty taste; caustic; bitting; tart; sharp 2. can also be used when describing a comment that is sarcastic, scathing, sharp or mean comment.

Furious News

Furious News

@furiousnews.bsky.social

Pungent and mealy: the best (and worst) supermarket tuna, tasted and rated

Our tester tasted and rated supermarket anchovies and canned tuna, finding some brands and species superior in texture and flavour.

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Prevaricate

speak or act in an evasive way (with the intent to deceive); to lie

@hpm1.bsky.social

Going back on conversion therapy ban is a sign of SNP cowardice
www.thenational.scot/politics/265...
“Every time they prevaricate and delay legally protecting us, they send a clear message that our lives are negotiable. That our human rights and our very existence are up for debate.”

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Misanthrope

a person who dislikes other people and avoids other people; hater of mankind

Kaz Coyotl 𓃦

Kaz Coyotl 𓃦

@mow.bsky.social

Funny how when we were young, we thought the brooding misanthrope would be the most interesting, intellectual person in the room.

But now that we have matured, we learned that it was actually the kindest person in the room who was most likely to be the more engaging and well thought person to know.

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Euphemism

A mild or indirect word or expression that is sustituted for one that is considered to be more harsh or blunt.

Chub Heartman

Chub Heartman

@griefmachine.bsky.social

Favorite non-sexy euphemism for sex?

Porkin'

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