#expanding vocabulary

[evilhorse]

Can we please not make this more painful?

[lawhimsy]

Word Nerd: Heliotropic

Heliotropic is the property of some plants of turning under the influence of light. Heliotropic is derived from helio- (a combining form meaning “sun”) and -tropic (a combining form with the meanings “turned toward, with an orientation toward”). Heliotropic was first used around 1870-1875. Heliotropic is a word often used in the plant world since many flowers and plants are heliotropic. I think…

[gongyussy]

[lay1306]

Listen, I always try to be very mindful of keeping my wild fandom mind and reality properly separated and not become ACTUALLY insane about a ship, but as a 30 year old queer I feel like I must say that there is no way that what jikook are doing isn't an actual gradual soft launch. As someone who has the tiniest bit of actual life experience now, I just don't see how their dynamic and chemistry could NOT be read as romantic. Are they coworkers? yes. Are they best friends? yes. But it's pretty obvious there something even deeper going on there and it's honestly just denial at this point to think otherwise.

And it all comes back to the whole fandom thing again. So many people try to deny it by making whole ass essays about how they interacted with x y and z that one time. I need y'all to remember they're actual people and real people are capable of incredibly complex relationships with more than one person at once. They have friends that aren't each other, they have confidants that aren't each other. And if anything, all those interactions just make an even more stark of a contrast as to how THEIR relationship is different than all the ones they have with other people.

[ventique18]

Me: Wtf is this "my roman empire" trend... Why does everyone hear one cool phrase and jump to using and abusing it that it's just tiring to see it the twentieth time that day?

*sees a fanart of malleus undressing*

Me: My... Roman Empire... My Roman Empire...

Link to the malleus art 🛐🛐🛐🛐🛐 Also recommended to browse thru the artist's other malleus works because DAMN

[tubbytarchia]

I'm sorry but some of you only know like 2 words and one of them is divorce

[dyvimkisser]

"Squicky" has been added to my vocabulary

[apollos-boyfriend]

phrases i’ve picked up from tumblr:

this is like if 9/11 was a good thing

this is like if 9/11 actually mattered

[enlitment]

Editing my essay & taking a shot every time I come across the word 'reveal' (catch me soon lying under the library desk)

[mslunababy]

I can’t stand a “type shiii” every five seconds ass nigga GTFO my phone

[thefabledcannibals]

I love this show, but sometimes I don’t know what the hell they’re saying.

[lawhimsy]

Word Nerd: Tohubohu

Tohubohu (pronounced to-hoo-bo-hoo) means chaos; disorder; confusion. Tohubohu derives from the Hebrew phrase tōhū wā-bhōhū (without form and void), which is from from tōhū (formlessness, confusion) and bōhū (emptiness). Tohubohu was first used around 1611 or so.  Tohubohu was first used in a  translation of the Bible, specifically in Genesis 1:2. Tohubohu refers to the emptiness and desolation…

[bizarrelittlemew]

the non-native english speaker experience of having to look up the meaning of a word because two fic comments in a row used it

[ye-olde-tardis]

If we gave dean Winchester the ability to call men "Sweetheart" instead of "Buddy", we would have a completely different show.

[whydousernamesevenexist]

Modiste

(noun) A person who makes and sells hats.

[mishkakagehishka]

This sucks i'm gonna [remembers suicide jokes are not funny and make everyone uncomfortable as well as make the person making the joke internalise suicidal ideation] write gore