Joann Dominik, #WordsMeanThings

Editor. Serially obsessed by strange things. Fits of chronic writing and random creativity. Stand clear of the doors.

[Joann Dominik, #WordsMeanThings @jldomini]

Okay, I’m now 50 and officially have my “get off my lawn” finger-wand. I am mounting the hobbyhorse of “Words used to mean things,” and have an initiative roll of 20 against “you know what I mean.” Giddy-up, kids.

[Joann Dominik, #WordsMeanThings @jldomini]

@Elonpappy Excuse me. 18.

[Joann Dominik, #WordsMeanThings @jldomini]

@Elonpappy 15?

[Joann Dominik, #WordsMeanThings @jldomini]

@StevenBrust I saw this and immediately thought of you. There was a panel discussion at Minnecon once where we were talking about English being a tonal language. https://t.co/DMmH452TI5

[Joann Dominik, #WordsMeanThings @jldomini]

One of my old coworkers is having a bad time. Her son committed suicide. They’re doing https://t.co/qXkDxRjZiw and it needs some help. Please consider it. No one deserves this; they deserve it less than most. If you can’t contribute, please retweet and signal boost. Thanks! 🥺

[Joann Dominik, #WordsMeanThings @jldomini]

@VancityReynolds @wrexhamreynolds The second picture unfairly suggests you have only one ear. Shhh, it’s ok, I know you can’t hear me.

[𝙄𝙧𝙤𝙣 𝘽𝙖𝙬𝙨 𝙈𝙘𝙂𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙮 @IballsInah]

@dr_andrealove We have reached the point Carl Sagan feared.

The slide back into a dark age of ignorance has begun.

[Joann Dominik, #WordsMeanThings @jldomini]

@hankgreen Miss chee vee us for mischievous. I don’t know that “favorite” is right as it makes me want to punch people. I had a friend who added the same mistaken syllable to “grievous,” too.

[Joann Dominik, #WordsMeanThings @jldomini]

@MalevolentCast I’ve stuck my head in the sand to survive 4 more yrs of this crap. Don’t judge me. I worked in healthcare during COVID the last time and managed to find parts of that funny, but don’t have the strength to do it again. But seeing Malevolent call this dark and hatred…GOLD. ❤️ you.

[Joann Dominik, #WordsMeanThings @jldomini]

@StephenPBriggs @BellaDunnWriter Has anyone ever made a Don Quixote pinball machine? I’ll take my answer off the air.

[Joann Dominik, #WordsMeanThings @jldomini]

@Hedgeye “Aren’t even long”…? Am I missing some new definition of “long”?

[Joann Dominik, #WordsMeanThings @jldomini]

@StephenPBriggs First DWcon?

[Joann Dominik, #WordsMeanThings @jldomini]

@MonitorFake @elonmuskADO OTOH, he did give us “the artist formerly known as,” which is handy for jokes, and “the platform formerly known as Twitter.”

[Delphine Verley 💫 @guedjdelphine]

“@JRart: it's beautiful. On the roof of the Paris Opera Garnier #Paris”

[Joann Dominik, #WordsMeanThings @jldomini]

@OfficialALW I’ve just got up the nerve to try to learn it on piano. I don’t have big hands so I never thought I was capable of playing it. It’s a revelation. I never realized the bass avoids resolving (because the chandelier’s just going up)!

[Joann Dominik, #WordsMeanThings @jldomini]

@mpk I have never been anywhere near thinking of investing in any social media. I have accepted that humans are awful, taken as a whole, and will ruin anything a large number of them have access to.

[Joann Dominik, #WordsMeanThings @jldomini]

@hmwendt @BraddockAveBook OH MY GOD IT’S HAPPENING!!!! Sorry, I’ve been off all the social media for so long that I didn’t know! I really needed to hear something this happy!

[Joann Dominik, #WordsMeanThings @jldomini]

@mpk Investment-wise, or social-media-of-choice-wise?

[Joann Dominik, #WordsMeanThings @jldomini]

@CenturyLinkHelp Hi. Help?

[Joann Dominik, #WordsMeanThings @jldomini]

Oh, the irony: my #centurylink internet connection keeps dropping. I can’t troubleshoot online as my connection is dropping. The only phone # I can find is printed on the modem setup instructions, and I get “Thanks for calling Lumen. This number has been disconnected.”

[Joann Dominik, #WordsMeanThings @jldomini]

@CenturyLinkHelp Do you have a phone number for customer service because my internet connection won’t stay up long enough to do online?