linguistical reality

The Bureau of Linguistical Reality, a dictionary for the future present.

[linguistical reality @Bureaulr]

@some_yeo @jonathanwatts Our number one request, we have:

Blissonance
Physic corpus dissonance
Onbenhagenweer and
schadenfebruary

Not often on this platform but can be found a little more frequently at @thebureauoflinguisticalreality on Instagram

[linguistical reality @Bureaulr]

Climate emergency declared the Oxford 2019 word of the year from a shortlist of exclusively climate terms. Let's make this short list a long, long list by working together to name the realities we see and the future we want to see. This is what we do!
@OxfordWords @kconnormartin

[linguistical reality @Bureaulr]

We know you all have a lot to talk about this week... .And after this years Green Film Festival, we know there will be more to discuss, process and try to express...
Please visit us this Sunday, September 29th at… https://t.co/24pfoigyTA

[For The Wild @ForTheWild_]

New Episode: The Bureau of Linguistical Reality on Seeding New Language | Heidi, Alicia & Ayana break through limits imposed by dominant languages & invite radical freedom of expression to enrich our unique identities, experiences & relationships to earth. https://t.co/PuSwZISytO

[The Blackwood @the_Blackwood]

Join us on June 4 with #GreenDrinks #Mississauga, where @Bureaulr will be inviting participants to coin new words to describe new experiences and realities of climate change! RSVP here: https://t.co/1yrORhKCew

[linguistical reality @Bureaulr]

That time Timothy Morton dropped shadowtime in his lecture...
(Three Times)
@IzRanu #ecopoesis #ranumukherjee #timothymorton #shadowtime

[linguistical reality @Bureaulr]

The Bureau’s offices are open this Saturday as part of (sun)beam a 1 day group show and performance. Let’s talk about the transition to spring, the Persian new year, the feminine and feelings & experiences you are having in our changing world for which you are at a loss for words

[linguistical reality @Bureaulr]

@elliepses @fieldguidetom Was just reading this! I would be curious if the impact it has on rattlesnake populations also has an inverse impact raising Lymes disease rates in the area for humans, since the snake preys on hosts for the disease

[linguistical reality @Bureaulr]

@alicebell @KA_Nicholas Hope to make a word together one fine onbenhagenweer day!

[linguistical reality @Bureaulr]

@KA_Nicholas @alicebell Sorry not often on twitter but hope this helps, @alicebell !

[linguistical reality @Bureaulr]

@KA_Nicholas @alicebell Ha! yes! We have many words for this that we have worked with folks over the world on: physic corpus dissonance if you want to be formal, onbenhagenweer if if you want it to sound extra creepy, schadenfebruary If you want to be snarky & our most catchy word for it is blissonance

[linguistical reality @Bureaulr]

In a hash tag for the ages:The Bureau of Linguistical Reality will be at The Institute for (Advanced) Uncertainty this Weekend to discuss & name the unnamed feelings and experiences you are having as our world changes due to climate chaos and other Anthropogenic events.

[linguistical reality @Bureaulr]

@jasgroves @ykomska @mimoyd1 @Linguacene Oooh exciting- look forward to learning more

[linguistical reality @Bureaulr]

@KatEschner 🙏

[linguistical reality @Bureaulr]

Unspeakable sadness as California experiences another round of brokenrecordbreaking, with fires that have claimed 42 lives and altered thousands more. Looking at an unrosy future as if through ominous rose colored glasses. Here is a name for the unsettling color of our new normal

[linguistical reality @Bureaulr]

A small Hawaiian island, vulnerable to sea level rise & expected to be lost by midcentury to rising tides, is suddenly &unexpectedly wiped off the map in a single storm.
We have made many words about the perceived slowness of climate change, not enough about its occasional speed

[linguistical reality @Bureaulr]

@frkearns 🙏

[linguistical reality @Bureaulr]

It’s never too late to do the right thing, to turn around, to realize you made a mistake and begin a better path.
Every other issue: the wars the inequality & injustice are all exasperated by climate chaos.

Strong Risk of Crisis as Early as 2040 https://t.co/fc5KDFjWKd

[linguistical reality @Bureaulr]

We made this word many months ago, but were reminded of it by the heading for this article by @KatEschner in @PopSci.
WHACKAPHORE: the loss of cultural metaphors due to rapid climate change
https://t.co/7EUVisK8tz

[linguistical reality @Bureaulr]

@DrKateMarvel Make one with us!