#whatstheword

[theineffableauthor]

They say autism isnt a disease you can spread and yet i am so powerful and almighty i have given it to my cat.

[themarimosystem]

new group photo ? more likely than you think

hope i did everyone justice

oh yeah and i added myself to the card n pinned post

[donsincerewan]

Tumblr what's the deal?

[yeyinde]

so sorry if this is a bit of an off question but i was wondering if you had any specific thesaurus you liked to use? i’m absolutely in love with your range of vocabulary but i haven’t been able to find any good thesauri either online or a physical version. unless of course you just come up with it all for. your brain, in which case, holy moly.

off topic but i also love the blog re-theme!

ahhhh, thank you!!! i'm so happy you asked this, but it's also the worst thing you could have because i am unrepentant logophile lmao i can talk about words, etymology, why i picked the word i did in a fic foreverrrrr

but for the sake of an actual answer: i don't. it's rare that i use one tbh because i prefer knowing the word at its core over just swapping it out with something else. etymology is a huge passion of mine, and i've been collecting words i like for a long time now. i have a massive google doc filled with them that i try to add to at least a few times a week.

i usually pick them up reading fic or nonfic books. they're pretty technical—especially the ones about nature—so they always throw in ones i've never heard before. and then i start to think about how i can use this in a fic. how can i relate this particular word about mountain anatomy to an emotion. and that's kinda how it starts.

wikipedia is a hugeeee source of inspo for me, too. it's where i start first when i come across a word just to see if there's anything else in relation to it. etymonline is good, too! i love r/Words on Reddit. the biggest place for logophiles, tbh. WhatsTheWord and Vocabulary are also really good. i like these better than dictionaries or word of the day stuff. mostly though—i just google it.

[quackity1999]

♕ [ She seemed to perk up a tiny bit at the noise that came from him, blinking slightly. Although she couldn't help the small smile from tugging at her lips gently. For a moment it seemed like his sound wouldn't be answered... But then there was a low warble like sound, soft but audible. Her hands were warm, careful as she finally began to get to work; being mindful as she had to spread his feathers so she could see the base of the one between her fingers ]

You have no need to apologize if you fall asleep... I can imagine that this could feel quite relaxing... almost like the feeling of when someone cards their fingers through your hair while your laying together...

[ Eret made no comment when he referred to her by her title, after all, she hadn't expected it. But regardless, she carefully pinched the pinfeather between her fingers as she gently rolled it to test if it was ready to be eased out or not ]

@the-regretful-ruler

[ quackity's wings give an odd little twitch as he cocks his head slightly to the side— a minuscule movement of curiosity. it's not because she's about to begin preening him, it's moreso the actual sound he picked up on. for once it isn't something that needs to be translated into english language, it— just is.

before he can coo back intentionally, to test if that was just a trick or something he imagined, the full sensation of eret's hands short-circuit the fuck out of quackity's brain again. in a good way, this time, because he rumbles out a contented purr from his chest that doesn't even seem to embarrass him. he wouldn't risk going "birdbrained" around anyone but the people he trusts, so. maybe eret can be one of them. ]

. . s'nice. surprisingly. hi. hah, i didn't— i forgot it's like this.

that one's been flakin' off for fucking days, couldn't uhhh, couldn't really. whatstheword. reach it. yeah.

[icyfox17]

do you think aliens exist and if so, do you think we'll ever meet them?

i def think they exist bc itd lowkey be crazy for us to be the only whatstheword yknow. existential beings... HELP why am i blanking anyways you know what i mean

im sure someday we'll meet them and if we dont its bc weve been wiped out by climate change lol akjsdfkjsjkf

[rileyslibrary]

This is a message to the anon who sent me their idea for a multi-chapter work as a request.

I’ll put a break after this because it’s a long post. At the end, I’ve provided some resources that help me with the writing process. Maybe they can help you too.

So, hi anon! C’mere, step into my office.

Thank you for your kind words and for trusting me with your request.

I love your idea. I really, really do! It’s exciting and intriguing, and it would make a great Simon “Ghost” Riley x Reader series!

You mentioned that you want to start writing, but so far, you’ve been preparing yourself by reading posts with writing tips.

Here’s the thing, anon. I won’t use your idea for that specific reason: I think you should be the one who writes it.

See, when I had the idea for my first multi-chapter work, I thought the same way: maybe I should send it to someone, and they would do it instead.

But they’d never portray the characters as I had them in my mind. Personal opinion here, but I feel that multi-chapter works need much more planning than a 2K-word one-shot. And your ask is so detailed that it looks like you have everything figured out; the plot is conceptualised, the emotions you want to convey are clear, and you’ve even laid out the chapters (maybe you did this subconsciously, but each paragraph in your request is an actual chapter!) You know how it will start, how it will progress, and even how it’ll end! You’re the only person who will do your story justice.

And as for me, I can only provide you with a few sites that often help me during the writing process.

Take a look around wordsnstuff. Their Resources for Describing Physical Things page is handy, especially for non-native English speakers.

SPW for their Words to Use Instead of SAID page. If you don’t like the website, you can google "other words instead of said" or something like that. I like it because it has these buttons that you can click on and redirect you to the section.

The How to Write Dialogue: Formatting, Examples, & Tips page from the Self-Publishing School. I go back to this every single time. I usually keep it open as I write. It helps with the dialogue “rules”.

Word Hippo for synonyms and similar words. It’s a thesaurus. Some people say it’s too basic, but I like it for that specific reason.

The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer’s Guide to Character Expression by Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi. Some people download this off the internet, but I wanted to support the authors so I bought it for 6.00 EUR which is almost as much as a venti iced brown sugar oat-milk shaken espresso from Starbucks. Difference is that the thesaurus will prove helpful and it will stay with you forever, whilst the latter will go poof and make you jittery.

The r/writing, r/fanfiction, and r/whatstheword subreddits.

I hope the resources above can help you (and anyone reading this) with your journey.

Maybe start small; write drabbles. Or create another account/side blog if writing makes you feel too exposed. But don’t wait until you’re ready; you’ll never be.

Give it a shot.

P.S. I didn’t answer directly to your ask since you’ve laid out the entire plot for your story, and I don’t want to spoil it for everyone else if you choose to write it.

[mccarthymolly]

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[zwoelffarben]

I went and asked r/whatsTheWord because the folks over there are good at this game,

So far, they got

small-scale collateral

leave-behind

deposit

glass slipper (vi Cinderella)

threat

planting

anchoring

touchstone

forget-you not

breadcrumb

There's not really an emergant concensus in english on what the word for the practice is, but it's definitely something folks do even outside your family OP. If you'll permit me to coin a poetic term for it, since a term's not be decided upon yet:

Sojourn Gifting

Sojourn: To reside temporarily. To dwell for a time in a place not considered a permanent residence.

Gift: bestowing voluntarily and without compensation, the act of giving.

Put together, the practice of voluntarily but temporarily bestowing an object to a people or place you've sojourned which you fully intend to reclaim when you resojourn, as an unspoken promise to do so.

I'm searching for a cultural term that may or may not exist.

You know the practice of leaving something at a friend or family member's house when you leave so you'll "have to come back again", as a sort of good luck charm? Sometimes it's a flirting thing, but I'm thinking of the platonic version where it's kind of a "I can't say goodbye forever, I still need to get my pen back".

Is this a cultural practice or something endemic to my family, and does it have a name?

[alittlebitofwhimsy]

Fan Theory

man in hurry IS general macnamera and here's why:

in nightmare time episode 2 part 1 (the wedding), he's at the reception and looks at his watch, complaining about how long it's taking. this made me think; why is he so obsessed with time? and i was reminded of the famous quote from TGWDLM: "WEAR A WATCH!"

so! the man in a hurry went to beanies in the beggining of TGWDLM right before the meteor fell and met Emma but he disappears after that and the general appears – can he travel through time? Is that why he's so obsessed with his watch being synched with Paul's in the finale? Is THAT why he's in a hurry? Is he always trying to go back in time and save Hatchetfield? He's also there in the beginning of Black Friday but then he disappears! 

AND he wears....an overcoat.

Anyway I'm sorry there's no substantial evidence but I do believe this with my entire being :)

[kamchronicles]

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[paraphraze615]

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[benniemac205]

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[tayadatgyal]

Taya Larré

[rjbailey]

Reposted from @dictionarycom We've heard @Thesaurus_com can help with this one. #Lethologica #Words #WhatsTheWord #CantRemember #Language #Vocabulary #Synonyms #AmWriting #Word #Learning - #regrann https://www.instagram.com/p/CC_WGaKFXuK/?igshid=qq0vhm5olg9w

[strqyr]

i think the hiatus is getting to me. not that my interest is lowering, far from it, but i have nothing new to ramble about. everything i've rambled about i've already done so extensively and i don't like repeating myself that much so now i'm just sitting here like

feels bad man

i thought about writing my cinder branwen au (finally lmao) but i had to think about the xiao long-rose house again and i'm stuck redesigning it for my own sanity, so my procrastination skills at least are in top shape.