Rick

tempus edax rerum.

[Kylian Mbappé @KMbappe]

Madame Celeste Amarilla,
Vous êtes une femme méprisable et indigne de sa fonction.
Vous ne représentez pas le Paraguay, ce pays qui a transpiré la passion et l’honneur tout au long de la compétition. Par votre inconscience et votre racisme décomplexé, le monde entier a déjà oublié le parcours et l’effort historique que vos joueurs ont réalisés durant cette coupe du monde pour laisser place à une dame incompétente donnant la pire image possible de son pays.
Je ne laisserai jamais aux gens comme elle, la liberté de laisser propager leur haine et leur racisme à travers le monde.

[𝓷𝔁𝔂𝓲𝓮 @glooomiii]

and when i am six feet under and bugs are eating my heart…all they will taste is you

[AKIN-MADE @bibzyCarter]

Life got a lot easier when I stopped being afraid to disappoint women with my honesty.

[topsᴋi! @dfwtopski]

and when it's my turn to ball, i pray i ball forever

[Rick @____Selasie]

flick also failed btw

[Weffrey Jellington @jeffwellz]

For all the buzz around him early on, he’s starting to look overrated.

[Rick @____Selasie]

💼

[OZY BEKEE ✨ @ozyy_bekee]

Tall, dark skinned, big dick and loves to cuddle 😔

[Rick @____Selasie]

@AnsongChristian 😂

[Rick @____Selasie]

you will never heal

[Opegbemi Matthias Busoye @busoyeom]

Needed badly 🥺🤲🏾
Apply within, if interested. 😭

[Oyinn Abdul @Oyinnabdul]

Damn! I’ve made almost 40 hairstyles this year and it’s just June 😅

[Chelsea FC @ChelseaFC]

Club statement.

[Bami- @Bamixoxo_]

First thing we need to understand with figures of speech is that context matters a lot.
Let me explain.

This will be quite lengthy, so skip it if you have a short attention span.

Euphemism: A polite substitution used to soften meaning. It is the use of a mild, polite, or indirect expression instead of one that may sound harsh, unpleasant, or offensive.

Examples:
She passed away instead of She died.
They let him go instead of They fired him.

The purpose of a euphemism is to avoid causing discomfort or offense through one’s choice of words.

Dysphemism: A harsh substitution used to intensify meaning or express disapproval. It uses a harsh, blunt, or offensive expression instead of a neutral or polite one. (Opposite of Euphemism)

Examples:
He croaked instead of He died.
Calling a house a “shack” or an old car a “heap of junk.”

These two figures of speech are not the focus because he used Peller as an example to illustrate the decline of education and the glorification of mediocrity. The best expressions to examine here are synecdoche and metonymy, which are often confused with each other.

Moving on.

Synecdoche is a figure of speech in which a part of something represents the whole, or the whole represents a part.

It is a special type of substitution. (Hold on don’t draw your conclusions yet.)

Examples (Part for the Whole):
All hands on deck. (Hands = sailors or crew members.)
There are many mouths to feed. (Mouths = people.)

Whole for Part:
Nigeria won three gold medals. (Nigeria = the Nigerian athletes.)
The school celebrated its success. (The school = the students and staff.)

Now for metonymy. It is a figure of speech in which you refer to something by the name of something else that is closely associated with it, rather than by its own name. Get it?

For example:
The White House announced a new policy.(The White House refers to the U.S. President or administration, not the building itself.)
The Crown will address the nation. (The Crown refers to the monarch.)

People confuse synecdoche and metonymy because they both involve substitution, but they work differently.

I’ve been seeing tweets saying it’s synecdoche and I don’t think some people understand the subtle difference. That’s where I come in.

The best way to understand them is this:

Synecdoche = inclusion (part–whole relationship).

Examples:
Hands = workers
Wheels = car
Heads = cattle or people

Metonymy = association (relationship by connection).

Examples:
Aso Rock = the Nigerian government
The Crown = the monarch
Nollywood = the Nigerian film industry

Synecdoche specifically depends on a part–whole relationship, whereas metonymy depends on any close association.

What do I mean?

Peller is known to be uneducated, so when ycee says “Peller culture,”

he is not saying Peller is literally a part of illiteracy as a whole. Instead, Peller has become associated with illiteracy because of his reputation as a known olodo.

That is metonymy.

It can only be synecdoche if Peller is presented as one member of a larger class, and the intention is for that member to stand for the entire class.

For example:

If he had said “Peller is the face of olodo culture in this country.”

Here, Peller is one individual standing for the larger group of illiterate people. Remember: part–whole representation.

So, in conclusion, “Peller culture” is best analyzed as metonymy because:

Peller’s name is being used because of its perceived association with the idea of illiteracy/glorification of mediocrity.

The name “Peller” becomes shorthand for the olodo uprising that ycee was criticizing.

He was not attacking Peller personally. Instead, he used Peller’s public image as a symbolic reference to a wider social issue. That is a metonymic use of the name.

You’re welcome.

An interesting point is that synecdoche is often treated as a subtype of metonymy because it is simply a more specific form of associative substitution.

[💕 @missadjoamoore]

2nd quarter 👍🏾

[prnv @tetrispickle]

Women are really good at flirting when they are geographically unreachable

[Lexis @niilexis]

Something funny happened in the second half. Tuchel passed on instructions to Rice to switch play to Saka’s side so they could exploit our gaps there. Then Carlos Queiroz subbed Baba Rahman on to shut that idea down. Nɛgɛ nɛgɛ po tactics ankasa.

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🚨🔵 Chelsea value Malo Gusto at £75m fee and not actively working to sell the French RB despite signing Marco Palestra.

Man City interest but no bids or club to club talks so far.

[AJ+ @ajplus]

With Ghana set to play England in the North American World Cup, British Ghanaian Professor Kojo Koram breaks down the colonial history between the two nations and the legacy of football in Ghana today.

[Ed Aarons @ed_aarons]

Interesting last line in Ghana's national anthem which says "and help us to resist oppressor’s rule with all our will and might forever more." Wonder who that refers to?!

[Ataque Futbolero @AtaqueFutbolero]

💔🇨🇮 Ufff, es brutal esta carta que escribió Yan Diomandé dedicada a su hermana de 15 años asesinada en 2025 en una fiesta y titulada ‘QUERIDA ROXANE’. Estremece, realmente:

“Ni siquiera creo haber derramado una lágrima el día en que me dijeron que te habías ido. Estaba en shock.

Habían pasado unas semanas desde mi debut con Leganés. ¿Quién debuta con 18 años contra el Real Madrid? Era una locura. Era un sueño.

Y de repente se convirtió en una pesadilla. Alguien no dejaba de llamarme desde casa. Yo estaba molesto. No entendía por qué insistían tanto. Atendí, y ni siquiera lo suavizaron. Ya sabés cómo es en casa. Sin emociones. Solo…

— Tu hermana se fue.
— ¿Qué?
— Murió.
— ¿De qué estás hablando?
—Alguien puso algo en su bebida en una fiesta y nunca volvió a despertar. Ya no está.

Tenías quince años.

QUINCE.

Nunca obtuve respuestas. No sé si quiero saber por qué. Tal vez fue envidia. Tal vez son cosas que pasan en nuestro país. Tal vez podría haberte protegido. No lo sé.

Intento confiar en el plan de Dios. Es lo único que puedo hacer. No intento olvidarte, porque sé que nunca te voy a olvidar. Lo único que puedo hacer es usar ese dolor para trabajar más duro y cumplir todo aquello con lo que soñamos.

Escribo esto porque no puedo hablar de ello. Lo escribo porque quiero que sepas que voy a asegurarme de que sigas viviendo. Voy a asegurarme de que todo el mundo conozca tu nombre. El mundo entero.

Todo lo que hago en una cancha de fútbol es por vos.

Han pasado tantas cosas desde la última vez que te vi… No te lo creerías. Ni yo mismo me lo creo.

La cancha es el único lugar donde todavía me siento en casa. Es el lugar donde me siento en paz y donde puedo hablar con vos. Solo desearía que siguieras aquí para poder decirte…

Lo logramos.

Todo lo que dijiste se hizo realidad.

Mañana nos vamos al Mundial. De verdad. Tu hermano va a jugar para Costa de Marfil, como Drogba, como Yaya, como Gervinho.

Ni siquiera lo veo como un partido. Lo veo como un escenario. Esta es mi oportunidad para mostrarle al mundo entero lo que vos viste en mí. Cada vez que haga un gol, me aseguraré de que todos sepan tu nombre. Me aseguraré de que nadie te olvide.

Voy a hacer realidad lo que predijiste, te lo juro. Incluso antes de tener botines de verdad, vos le decías a todo el mundo:

—Mi hermano va a ser el mejor del mundo.

VOY A DEMOSTRAR QUE TENÍAS RAZÓN O MORIRÉ INTENTÁNDOLO.

Tu hermano,

Yan”.

Vía @TPTFootball.