#noun phrase

[mordictionary]

Arsenal of Autocracy

Noun Phrase

Definition: A symbolic or tangible collection of tools, tactics, or mechanisms employed by an autocratic regime to consolidate and maintain power. This phrase encapsulates the various methods, instruments, or strategies utilized by authoritarian leaders to control, manipulate, or suppress opposition, often encompassing political, economic, and social dimensions.

Example Sentence: "The government's extensive surveillance apparatus, censorship policies, and control over the economy constituted its arsenal of autocracy, ensuring a firm grip on power and limiting dissent."

[theshitpostcalligrapher]

pls....

those of you who still have tiktok, would you mind heading over and leaving a random comment or smth on this one?

i made a shitpost duet in the middle of the night and the only comment is a 13 comment long chain on someone trying to incorrectly fix my grammar, not realizing that I'm using "ink-blotting" as a noun rather than blotting as a verb

[ghostieblotts]

30 + 15 for the ask game??? and for the one about pet names which ones :3

For the OTP ask game - send me a ship and a number!

15. Who's the first to cry during movies that don't seem sad?

Owen. I think that, even when he and Curt are at their closest, there are still plenty of things that he can't quite seem to open up about. There will be times where something innocuous in a movie will remind him of something, or twist in just the right place. Curt will hear a slightly-too-sharp inhale, and look over and see gathered tears shining in Owen's eyes, reflecting the light of the projection, before Owen notices him and quickly scrubs them away. He will not elaborate.

30. Pet names? Yes or no?

Yes I think so!

The original version of this post included an extra bit about pet names in an au, but I've moved that to a separate post instead. If you're interested, you can find that here.

I cannot for the life of me find that one post that said they would use "agent" as a covert pet name for each other, but I very much agree with that.

I think they also use "partner" in a similar vein to that. Sometimes Owen will tease Curt and say that he sounds like some kind of cowboy - initially Curt was ticked off by this, but soon he plays it up to make Owen laugh.

When they're alone, I think Curt finds it fun to use different cheesy pet names just to see how Owen will react. They don't necessarily always go down well, but they usually get a laugh at least. "Doll face" and "honey bunch" both got a good laugh, and "sugar" is always fun.

Curt's favourite, though, is "darling". It's sincere, and it rolls off the tongue. He likes saying it, and he really likes the way it makes Owen smile.

As for Owen, it's canon that he calls Curt "love". I'm not sure he'd be able to get away with using it quite as easily in Britain (since I think it would be a bit more likely people would notice it there). Elsewhere though, he enjoys being able to very casually call Curt "love" and have people just write it off as him being British.

It takes Owen longer to start varying his terms of endearment. When they're alone, he still uses "love", but the emphasis is slightly different. It's a subtle change, but it becomes just that bit more important in the sentence it appears in. He uses it more at the start of sentences, instead of it mostly appearing at the end.

After a while, when he's feeling unusually sentimental, he starts calling Curt "my love". It's with that casual cadence, initially, but Curt is struck by it all the same. The feeling is even stronger the first time Owen changes the emphasis: again, a subtle change, but one that makes all the difference: my love.

After that, another new addition to the rotation: "my dear". Again, it starts off deliberately casual, before Owen starts to let himself say it the way he means it: softly, sincerely. There is a superlative step beyond this, though for some reason it feels like too much, too vulnerable an admission. One of these days, though, Owen is going to call Curt "dearest".

[word-for-today]

Word for today: feeze

To bother, scare away, worry, or hurry; related to faze which we always use in the negative (as in “that didn’t faze me”). Feeze can also be a noun meaning a state of being feezed, or in the expression "to fetch one's feeze" to mean a run-up or a wind-up to doing something, such as crouching down to get ready to jump or doing that weird thing baseball pitchers do with their limbs before they throw.

[redstrewn]

Why the fuck did randos find the touchstarved shitposting tag

[coquelicoq]

i've been dying for a poll option ever since i saw my followers' answers to that text post from february 2022 asking people whether they pronounce beloved as "be-lov-ed" or "be-loved". many people were emphatic about only using one option, and many others use both but were not always able to articulate when they use 2 syllables vs. 3. so out of the goodness of my heart and my insatiable lust for knowledge i have gone through the notes on that post and written down some likely contenders! you're welcome!!!!

BEFORE YOU ANSWER! think about how you would pronounce beloved in the following syntactic contexts:

noun, talking directly to the beloved: hey there beloved

noun, talking about rather than to the beloved: my beloved lives in a pineapple under the sea

adjective in a noun phrase: my beloved x lives in a pineapple under the sea

verb participle: x is beloved by y

okay poll time! there are no wrong answers!! and apologies in advance if i didn't capture your truth, i only had 10 options and life is a rich tapestry!!

[petrichoremojis]

I’d love some more weed emojis! Obviously these are just ideas, don’t feel pressured to make any. Maybe ones indicating some of the following:

“I’m high”

“I’m sober”

“I’m comfortably high”

“I’m having a bad high”

“Pack a bowl”

“Roll a joint/blunt”

“Cotton mouth”

“Dispensary”

Also I’d like to say thank you because I never see weed talked about within the communities such as aac! It’s a nice thing to feel represented as someone who’s a disabled and autistic stoner lol. 🫶🏻

IDs in alt text!

Here you go!! These are all in the same order as in the ask, and the last three are all different variants of 'dispensary'. We do also have alternative symbols for 'I'm high' and 'dispensary' already on our blog in case you prefer those!! They should be tagged as, uh, 'I'm high' and 'dispensary', hopefully

And you're very welcome!! As an autistic, disabled, AAC-using stoner ourself, we think it's very important for there to be symbols for substance use!! We like to think of one of our specialties when it comes to AAC symbols as being substance-related ones hahaha

[marcsnuffy]

once again blIk has completely ruined words for me

[sewi-li-suwi]

so, i made a speedlang a month or so ago that i'd love to develop further and polish. i'm considering posting my progress on it / explaining various aspects on it on tumblr (either here or on a sideblog).. is that something people would be interested in seeing? it'd be cool to share it with other ppl and hear their thoughts/feedback on it

[velaraffricate]

does anybody know if there are any languages where pronouns are only ever bound morphemes, such as clitics attached to the verb? i'm thinking of going that route with my new conlang but i'm not sure how naturalistic it is. kind of an extreme form of pro-drop where there can never be an overt pronoun.

[pallases]

my professor gave me an 18/20 on my lab report for using “were” instead of “was” when the correct grammar is in fact “were” 😐

[mordictionary]

Hitherto Complacent Donor

Noun Phrase

Definition: A party or entity that, until a certain point in time, has been passive, self-satisfied, or unconcerned in its role as a donor. This term suggests a historical complacency that is now changing, signaling a shift towards increased awareness, engagement, or responsibility in the act of giving or contributing.

Example Sentence: "The foundation, once a hitherto complacent donor, has recently reevaluated its philanthropic strategy, adopting more proactive initiatives to address pressing social issues."

[kitspeech]

Politics and Human Rights symbols: Ceasefire & Ceasefire Now

[ ID: Two versions of an emoji of a missile with a red cancel symbol over it. The second image also has a clock above it, with a blue arrow pointing to it. /End ID ]

emoji/aac symbol for the word "ceasefire" and the phrase "ceasefire now". this can be used in general but also for Palestine. i might make different versions later.

[oidheadh-con-culainn]

hi! with focloir, how do u approach the different pronunciations (connacht, munster, or ulster)? i know very little irish, but wanna learn more, and have heard great things about this site. did u just pick one of the pronunciations to focus on and stick with whenever u learn a new word? or do u try to familiarize urself with all three?

i started learning in donegal so i had an ulster bias from the beginning, so when i look up vocab online i tend to look for the ulster pronunciation for the sake of a little bit of consistency. but i've picked up a lot of words and phrases from different teachers over the years so my irish is actually a big mixture lol. like my teacher now has munster irish but there's enough of a mix in the class that we get some good dialect exchanges going on. i usually try to listen to the others when learning a word so i'd recognise it if i heard it in another accent/dialect but if i'm picking one to learn i go for ulster

you could just listen to some stuff and see what you vibe with, or pick one that correlates to people/places/events you have an interest in/connection to, or which one matches the resources you're using (some textbooks / online courses might be more one than another). i just went for the one that i got started with since it made the most sense to continue where i began.

[ali-ali-al1]

A level english language

[alt. name] the study of vibe

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[epivanosilon]

reading demon slayer: chapter 30

title: 操り人形 (あやつりにんぎょう) || puppets

official english title: marionettes

this chapter had so few words that i decided to just put them all in one post. we'll go in my usual posting order, so we're starting with the name breakdown!

name breakdown

first is yet another one of inosuke's botched attempts at saying tanjirou's name. in this chapter, he calls him

紋次郎

read as もんじろう. i won't go into the kanji this time because they're not important to the joke being made. 紋次郎 is the given name of the main character of a novel called 木枯し紋次郎 (こがらしもんじろう), literally cold wintry wind monjirou. the novel was made into a popular period drama that aired from 1972 to 1973. monjirou is characterized as a lone wolf drifter type. here's a portrayal of him from a different drama, which aired in 1977:

more of an old reference than a joke, but the stark difference between monjirou and tanjirou as characters is quite funny.

the other name introduced this chapter is

累

read as るい. everyone's favorite lonely little spider demon has made his entrance. 累 is a noun meaning trouble, harmful effect, evil influence, implication, involvement. quite the variety in definitions there. in combination with other kanji, 累 carries meanings like accumulation, progression, increase, and total.

as a given name, rui is pretty modern. it is considered unisex, although i personally feel it sounds more feminine than masculine. it is not typically written with 累, more often using 留 (the りゅう in ��学) or 瑠 (as in 瑠璃・るり, lapis lazuli) for the る sound.

i'm not quite sure what to make of this name. it's a bit on the nose with the evil influence meaning, you know? not much else to say besides, well, yeah. he's a demon. he's gonna be a little evil. and of course he has a harmful effect on those around him (including his birth mother and father, rip)--he's a demon.

well, that's the longest portion of this post done. here's the rest of the vocab.

nouns

操り人形 – puppet, marionette | あやつりにんぎょう

お構いなし – having no thought for, having no consideration for, having no regard for, not caring about; disregarding, overlooking | おかまいなし

激痛 – sharp pain, acute pain, intense pain | げきつう

adjectives

情けない – miserable, pitiable, shameful, deplorable, pathetic | なさけない

強力 – powerful, strong | きょうりょく

verbs

言いつける – to tell (to do), order, charge, direct; to tell on (someone), tattle, report | いいつける

逃げ回る – to run around trying to escape, run from place to place | にげまわる

phrases

小便を漏らす – to wet one’s pants, wet oneself | しょうべんをもらす

uses 小便 (しょうべん), urine, pee, urination, and 漏らす (もらす), to let leak, let out. 漏らす can also be used on its own to refer to wetting oneself. inosuke turns this verb phrase into a noun (小便漏らし, bed-wetter in the official english) to insult murata.

and with that, chapter 30 is done! no adverbs or grammar notes this time. again, very sparse chapter for new vocab. next one looks more promising though. if you got to the end of this long ass post, thanks for reading! and please look forward to next chapter's posts.