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Armin Hamidian<p>Is This The End of The Dictionary? <a href="https://onlinemarketingscoops.com/2025/10/27/is-this-the-end-of-the-dictionary/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">onlinemarketingscoops.com/2025</span><span class="invisible">/10/27/is-this-the-end-of-the-dictionary/</span></a><br>.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dictionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictionary</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wordsmatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wordsmatter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/languagelovers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>languagelovers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wordoftheday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wordoftheday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/learnnewwords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>learnnewwords</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vocabularybooster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vocabularybooster</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dictionaryart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictionaryart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wordnerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wordnerd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/definitionlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>definitionlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lexiconlove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lexiconlove</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LanguageEnthusiast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LanguageEnthusiast</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wordgeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wordgeek</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dictionaryfun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictionaryfun</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpeakSmart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpeakSmart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thesaurus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thesaurus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wordplay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wordplay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dictionaryaddict" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictionaryaddict</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dailyvocabulary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dailyvocabulary</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/explorewords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>explorewords</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dictionarybusiness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictionarybusiness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>
Alliterative/Endless Knot<p>The surprisingly connected origins of "flu" and "influence". </p><p><a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/HGVoeIToedc" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtube.com/shorts/HGVoeIToedc</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>etymology</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/wordnerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wordnerd</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/HistoricalLinguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoricalLinguistics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>words</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/lingcomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lingcomm</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/flu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flu</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/influence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>influence</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/influenza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>influenza</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/astrology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astrology</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/flushot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flushot</span></a></p>
Court Cantrell prefers not to<p>Thus, if something delights me, then that something has distracted me from what previously enticed me. </p><p>"I am delighted with your plans" means "I am so utterly pleased with your plans that what I was doing before I heard your plans is no longer interesting to me."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LANGUAGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LANGUAGE</span></a> IS SO FUCKING COOL, Y'ALL </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WordNerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordNerd</span></a></p><p>3/3</p>
Alliterative/Endless Knot<p>The surprisingly connected origins of "bicycle" and "wheel". <a href="https://toot.community/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>etymology</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/wordnerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wordnerd</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/HistoricalLinguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoricalLinguistics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>words</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/lingcomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lingcomm</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/bicycle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bicycle</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/wheel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wheel</span></a></p><p><a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/UsRgebYQhHo" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtube.com/shorts/UsRgebYQhHo</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Alliterative/Endless Knot<p>The surprisingly connected origins of "climate" and "lid". <a href="https://toot.community/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>etymology</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/wordnerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wordnerd</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/HistoricalLinguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoricalLinguistics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>words</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/lingcomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lingcomm</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climatechange</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/lid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lid</span></a> <br><a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/eaCWnTHDAic" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtube.com/shorts/eaCWnTHDAic</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Alliterative/Endless Knot<p>The surprisingly connected origins of "in" and "inn". </p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>etymology</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/wordnerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wordnerd</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/HistoricalLinguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoricalLinguistics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>words</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/lingcomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lingcomm</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/inn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inn</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/innsofcourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>innsofcourt</span></a></p><p><a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/QlrKOT-UFvM?feature=share" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/shorts/QlrKOT-UFvM</span><span class="invisible">?feature=share</span></a></p>
Alliterative/Endless Knot<p>The surprisingly connected origins of "thin", "tent", and "tension". <a href="https://toot.community/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>etymology</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/wordnerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wordnerd</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/HistoricalLinguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoricalLinguistics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>words</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/lingcomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lingcomm</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/thin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thin</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/tent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tent</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/tense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tense</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/tension" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tension</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JbMGW5RiBOo" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/shorts/JbMGW5RiBOo</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Alliterative/Endless Knot<p>The surprisingly connected origins of "astrology", "stellar", "disaster", and "star".</p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>etymology</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/wordnerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wordnerd</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/HistoricalLinguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoricalLinguistics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>words</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/lingcomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lingcomm</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/astrology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astrology</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/disaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disaster</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/stellar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stellar</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/wypsyFA5ngc" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtube.com/shorts/wypsyFA5ngc</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Alliterative/Endless Knot<p>The surprisingly connected origins of "bureaucracy" and "pyrotechnics". <a href="https://toot.community/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>etymology</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/wordnerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wordnerd</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/HistoricalLinguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoricalLinguistics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>words</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/lingcomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lingcomm</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/bureau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bureau</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/pyrotechnics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pyrotechnics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/bureaucracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bureaucracy</span></a></p><p><a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/xl3f-ROKeP8" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtube.com/shorts/xl3f-ROKeP8</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Alliterative/Endless Knot<p>The surprisingly connected origins of "arrive" and "river". </p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>etymology</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/wordnerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wordnerd</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/HistoricalLinguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoricalLinguistics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>words</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/lingcomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lingcomm</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/arrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>arrive</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/river" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>river</span></a></p><p><a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/SoIuTG4FO1w" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtube.com/shorts/SoIuTG4FO1w</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Alliterative/Endless Knot<p>The surprisingly connected origins of "helicopter" and "wallet". </p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>etymology</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/wordnerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wordnerd</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/HistoricalLinguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoricalLinguistics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>words</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/lingcomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lingcomm</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/helicopter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>helicopter</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/wallet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wallet</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/turning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>turning</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kHN00ceP8zs" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/shorts/kHN00ceP8zs</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Alliterative/Endless Knot<p>The surprisingly connected origins of "helicopter" and "wallet". </p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>etymology</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/wordnerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wordnerd</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/HistoricalLinguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoricalLinguistics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>words</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/lingcomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lingcomm</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/helicopter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>helicopter</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/wallet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wallet</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/turning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>turning</span></a></p><p><a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/kHN00ceP8zs" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtube.com/shorts/kHN00ceP8zs</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Alliterative/Endless Knot<p>The surprisingly connected origins of "pitcher" and "beaker". </p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>etymology</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/wordnerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wordnerd</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/HistoricalLinguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoricalLinguistics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>words</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/lingcomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lingcomm</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/pitcher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pitcher</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/beaker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>beaker</span></a></p><p><a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/_rwuvfd_zcI?si=Cjxf4OCFAO620Mrg" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/shorts/_rwuvfd_zcI</span><span class="invisible">?si=Cjxf4OCFAO620Mrg</span></a></p>
Alliterative/Endless Knot<p>The surprisingly connected origins of "captain", "cadet", and "caddie". </p><p><a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/Z2zQH56Uxqk" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtube.com/shorts/Z2zQH56Uxqk</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>etymology</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/wordnerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wordnerd</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/HistoricalLinguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoricalLinguistics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>words</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/lingcomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lingcomm</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/captain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>captain</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/cadet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cadet</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/caddie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>caddie</span></a></p>
Alliterative/Endless Knot<p>The surprisingly connected origins of "acrobat" and "oxygen". <a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/P4QYeBdZ6R8" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtube.com/shorts/P4QYeBdZ6R8</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>etymology</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/wordnerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wordnerd</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/HistoricalLinguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoricalLinguistics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>words</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/lingcomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lingcomm</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/acrobat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>acrobat</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/oxygen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oxygen</span></a></p>
Alliterative/Endless Knot<p>The surprisingly connected origins of "debate" and "battle". <a href="https://toot.community/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>etymology</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/wordnerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wordnerd</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/HistoricalLinguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoricalLinguistics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>words</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/lingcomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lingcomm</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/debate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>debate</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/battle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>battle</span></a></p><p><a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/zw6b3a2kQmA" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtube.com/shorts/zw6b3a2kQmA</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Alliterative/Endless Knot<p>The surprisingly connected origins of "conservationist" and "hero".</p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>etymology</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/wordnerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wordnerd</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/HistoricalLinguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoricalLinguistics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>words</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/lingcomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lingcomm</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conservation</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/hero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hero</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/D8y2VXRtqic" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtube.com/shorts/D8y2VXRtqic</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Peter Cohen<p>u can't spell conspiracy without piracy or cons for that matter <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/compoundwords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>compoundwords</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wordnerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wordnerd</span></a></p>
Alliterative/Endless Knot<p>The surprisingly connected origins of "mead" and "amethyst". <a href="https://toot.community/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>etymology</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/wordnerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wordnerd</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/HistoricalLinguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoricalLinguistics</span></a> <br><a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/43nX8NOZKoQ" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtube.com/shorts/43nX8NOZKoQ</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Sherri Koehler (she/her)<p><a href="https://toot.cat/tags/WordNerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordNerd</span></a> friends, what are your favorite synonyms for “trigger” when using the word as a noun to refer to something that activates a trauma response?</p><p>I really dislike using metaphors that reference weapons. These feel especially wrong when I’m building skills for my health and well-being! This is why I prefer “activated” over “triggered”, it feels more clear to me as well. However, there’s not a clear noun, “activator” or “activatee” (which is made up) feel confusing and awkward.</p><p>I’ve thought of “thorn”, which has some metaphorical connotation of something painful, sharp, arresting. I’m curious to know what other words folks use to describe the thing that activates a tender response rooted in trauma.</p>
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