Latest posts tagged with #dictionary on Bluesky
#Fandom antedating of the day for the Historical #Dictionary of #ScienceFiction: "neopro", a new professional writer, from Robert Silverberg in 1967 to Bob Tucker in 1960.
https://sfdictionary.com/view/2584/neopro
#Fandom antedating of the day for the Historical #Dictionary of #ScienceFiction: "neopro", a new professional writer, from Robert Silverberg in 1967 to Bob Tucker in 1960.
sfdictionary.com/view/2584/ne...
I ride a pataphor
to the Land of Nod,
strange dreams til morn,
awake to stranger reality
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#dictionary #wordoftheday
#landofnod
#havenspark
#poetry
#folkpoetry
#sleep
There are actually two spellings and meanings of this word: Discreet - tactful, private (Please be discreet.)
Discrete - distinct, separate (discrete piles of mail)
#words #vocabulary #dictionary #grammar #grammardiva #books
More Webster Arrivals.
#captainsbook #iowacity #webster #dictionary
Unusually important antedating o'the day for the Historical #Dictionary of #ScienceFiction: "time-travel" v., from 1933 to 1928. (OED has 1937.) (Also cleaned up the rest of the entry.)
https://sfdictionary.com/view/486/time-travel
Unusually important antedating o'the day for the Historical #Dictionary of #ScienceFiction: "time-travel" v., from 1933 to 1928. (OED has 1937.) (Also cleaned up the rest of the entry.)
sfdictionary.com/view/486/tim...
Condone actually means "to accept or allow, generally something bad." It is often mistaken to mean "to approve of." #vocabulary #dictionary #words #grammar #grammardiva #grammarbooks
I wouldn't be caught DEAD
making a comparison
of THAT caparison,
how gauche, UGH, such dread.
𓂃 ོ𓂃
#dictionary #wordoftheday
#caparison
#havenspark
#poetry
#folkpoetry
#itsnotjustabouthorses
www.dictionary.com/browse/capar...
There’s something about flicking through the pages of a dictionary to get a spelling that typing on a keyboard of touchscreen doesn’t replicate. It forces the need to think through the spelling, and whether it’s spelt line it sounds! #writer #englishspelling #dictionary
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#Fandom antedating of the day for the Historical #Dictionary of #ScienceFiction: "fan film", a film made by fans, from 1961 to 1956 (in reference to the same film).
sfdictionary.com/view/2478/fa...
Did you know? "Bemused" means confused or puzzled. It does not mean "amused." #vocabulary #dictionary #grammartip #grammar #grammardiva #books
pouring hearts to ogle
serving you our pulsing beats
is no boondoggle
we do so freely
it is our gift to give
(but tips are nice to live 😉)
𓂃 ོ𓂃
#dictionary #wordoftheday
#boondoggle
#havenspark
#poetry #poet
#folkpoetry
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Due to user error
(my hashtags got all in a dither)
today's posts (you now see)
are perfected palimpsests.
(Delete is a beautiful word.)
𓂃 ོ𓂃
#dictionary #wordoftheday
#palimpsest
#havenspark
#poetry
#folkpoetry
#oops
If I ponder hard enough,
might I reify
dinner from thin air?
𓂃 ོ𓂃
#dictionary #wordoftheday
#reify
#havenspark
#poetry
#folkpoetry
#Fandom antedating of the day for the Historical #Dictionary of #ScienceFiction: "conreport", from 1953 to Ray Nelson in 1949.
https://sfdictionary.com/view/429/conreport
#Fandom antedating of the day for the Historical #Dictionary of #ScienceFiction: "conreport", from 1953 to Ray Nelson in 1949.
sfdictionary.com/view/429/con...
Awful - Originally meant "awe-inspiring" but now mistakenly used to mean always "bad." #vocabulary #dictionary #confusedwords #grammar #bigwords101
Come by the cottage
for a Lucullan banquet!
Ritz crackers, Aldi cheese
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#dictionary #wordoftheday
#Lucullan
#havenspark
#poetry
#folkpoetry
www.dictionary.com/browse/lucul...
#words WORD MAN: SOLIPSISTIC #solipsistic #meanings #dictionary #definitions
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#stgeorge killing a #dragon was so big that they put it on a coin!
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