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Pulchritude

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

bmmbooshoot 🎍🌈🔞

@bmmbooshoot.bsky.social

thinking up uncommon adjectives for a weiner and so far my favorites are cantankerous and surly. also pulchritudinous.

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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

Raymh

@rayhourigan.bsky.social

Slipping the surly
Bonds, for a moment I flew,
Flapping from the swing.
#RetroArtPrompt #flew #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity
@seranyabeck.bsky.social

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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

Rev. Carson Hollis

@carsonhollis.bsky.social

My favorite word is upbraid and I try to sneak it in when I can.

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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.

Useless Facts

@uselessfacts.bsky.social

Useless fact: The human tongue tastes bitter things with the taste buds toward the back. Salty and pungent flavors are tasted in the middle of the tongue, sweet flavors at the tip!

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Prevaricate

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

Willow

@rockshrimp.bsky.social

Today at work I got called out for my “impressive vocabulary” because I used the word prevaricate in natural conversation.

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Misanthrope

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

caroline

@callie.on-her.computer

at trough: misanthrope
after my shot: i miss my wife

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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.

Lafiel ☕🏳️‍⚧️ Drawing IsekaiPancreas (Last ~25 Pages)

@starsumiaki.bsky.social

Got like half a month to figure out if I'm doing anything meaningful for Pride Month.

Something other than taking a very long nap. (Not a euphemism, just tired.)

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Juncture

1. a particular point or event in time; point (in time); moment (in time); 2. a place where things join

The MooTiggy

@mootiggy.bsky.social

There's few things quite as pathetic as 30-50 year old people referencing HP at every juncture they can.

Watching the first episode of the new Mock the Week and seeing how unfunny R*ssel Howard is nowadays was physically uncomfortable.

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Exacerbate

to make something worse; to make something more severe (often used in reference to feelings, illness or disease)

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

@stockportnhsft.bsky.social

Primary school children took part in a poster competition organised by our ED (A&E) to encourage visitors to stop car ‘idling’ , which increases local pollution and can exacerbate health conditions such as asthma. Congrats to winners Niamh & Joshua. www.stockport.nhs.uk/news/environ...

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Opaque

not able to be seen through; not transparent; impenetrable to light hard to understand; not clear

Ed Abbey Bot

@abbeybot.bsky.social

When the philosopher's argument becomes tedious, complicated, and opaque, it is usually a sign that he is attempting to prove as true to the intellect what is plainly false to common sense.

#Abbey #EdAbbey #EdwardAbbey

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