Six Foot Words

I like big words and I have an inability to prevaricate

[Six Foot Words @SixFootWords]

Welp

[Open Culture @openculture]

One of the Earliest Known Uses of the "F-word” Discovered.

It Appears in a 1568 Anthology Compiled During a Plague

https://t.co/eslGvG0OuQ

[Scott Bayer #THEBOOKCHAT co-founder @Lyricalswordz]

If you're looking for low stakes writing opportunities, this Reflection Menu might help. In class I asked students to choose a few and then select one to revise and submit for a grade. Lots of ways to use! Click here, then File-->Make a Copy to adapt: https://t.co/pawICkWO79

[Howard Mittelmark @HMittelmark]

Hi, I'm Howard, and I'm an alcoholic, a drunkard, a souse, a boozehound, a lush. Thanks for coming to this meeting of Alcoholics Synonymous.

[Six Foot Words @SixFootWords]

*because I just learned that “strophe” comes from the word meaning ‘turn’ or ‘turn from’

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Two very unrelated words that have related roots: apostrophe and catastrophe.

I know apo means basically ‘away from’ and cata means ‘to break down’.

[Six Foot Words @SixFootWords]

In a surprising twist (see what I did there*), the words ‘strap’ and ‘streptococcus’ are linked to the ‘strophe’ suffix.

[same username on bsky @ElenaBjxrn]

Today I discovered that the French word for vegan cheese is "fauxmage" and I couldn't be more delighted.

[Six Foot Words @SixFootWords]

Interesting use of lucid. Not sure if I like it or hate it. Thoughts?

[Harvard Business Review @HarvardBiz]

At the gym, there’s a lucid connection between what you put in and what you get out of it. How can we apply that to work? https://t.co/g4aCOxN9G6

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@outflopped

[Whores of Yore @WhoresofYore]

Word(s) of the Day: “Drachen Futter”

[Adam Sharp @AdamCSharp]

The muff wouldn’t keep his daddles off my heavers so I called the mutton shunters and now that dab’s in quod! No mog. Bitch some more scandal water my chuckaboo and I’ll tell you all about it.

[Adam Sharp @AdamCSharp]

Some more classics for you:

8. Inexpressibles (breeches)
7. Gropusses (pockets)
6. Daddles (hands)
5. Hop merchant (good dancer)
4. That dab’s in quod (that ruffian’s in prison)
3. Heavers (breasts again)
2. Darken the daylights (close your eyes)
1. Nob thatcher (hat maker)

[Adam Sharp @AdamCSharp]

Sorely missed Victorian slang:

8. Gigglemug (always smiling)
7. Bitch the pot (pour the tea)
6. Got the morbs (temporary sadness)
5. Tight as a boiled owl (drunk)
4. Poked up (embarrassed)
3. Sauce-box (the mouth)
2. Cupid’s kettle drums (breasts)
1. Not up to dick (unwell)

[Six Foot Words @SixFootWords]

*bows*

[Six Foot Words @SixFootWords]

Since it’s been a while, allow me to perform for you this “translated” version of the classic ‘Show Me the Way to Go Home.’

[Six Foot Words @SixFootWords]

Wherever I may perambulate, on land or sea or atmospheric vapor, you will always hear me chanting this melody: indicate the way to my habitual abode.

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Add this to the “outdated numbering system” category (see what i did there?) along with September-December

[Quite Interesting @qikipedia]

The word noon comes from the Latin 'nona hora', meaning ninth hour. In Ancient Rome nona hora was at about 3pm.