Tonight I am #CrossAtWords that are obscure or use alternate spellings in #crosswords.

ern - a sea eagle which is usually spelled erne
viand - archaic English for food, but my francophonic brain wants a final E again
anele - obsolete for anoint

This word is cool though:
adit - horizontal entrance to a mine, so perpendicular to a shaft

And I also learned that Adar is a month in the Jewish calendar.

#definitions #WordMeanings

...even as they themselves were forced into starving, they gave what food they could find to the captives they held.

fuck your #definitions of everything....

#FEED #GAZA.

Today the only clue deserving #CrossAtWords was a spelled out letter S. But I do want to commemorate my new vocabulary from today's post-breakfast crossword puzzle:

sarod - Indian guitar
stere - cubic meter (!?)
ret - soak flax/hemp
tret - obscure shipping term for a waste allowance
eft - a newt (I've seen this word in several puzzles now, and this time I actually remembered it!)
bur - a prickly seed husk (aka a burr)

#crosswords #definitions #english #WordMeanings

I just ran across the word, renegacy, in a China Mieville book (Perdido Street Station.) Can anyone tell me, preferably in 25 words or less*, or better yet, like I’m five, what is #renegacy?
#words #definitions

#Surveillance for #human #infections with avian #influenza A(#H5) viruses: objectives, case #definitions, #testing and reporting (#WHO), https://etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2025/04/surveillance-for-human-infections-with.html

If you want to be picky about it, sure, the number is four...
https://xkcd.com/3063/
#pluto #planets #astronomy #definitions #NDTisAPoop

How do you define lying? Here are some examples to consider, which you may or may not believe count as lies:

1. Saying something untrue sarcastically
2. Saying something true sarcastically, convincing others it's untrue
3. Dancing around a question to imply an untrue answer, while only saying true things
4. "I've got a school project and I need to ask you some questions" (both true, but implying a connection that doesn't exist)

#definitions #semantics #AskFedi

Word meanings change over time - do you know the original meaning of these?

25 Words That Don’t Mean What You Think They Do
https://buff.ly/41sI6f6

#definitions #wordchoice #writing #amwriting #dictionary #etymology

𝗖𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗭-𝗟𝗘-𝗖𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗭-𝗟𝗘-𝗙𝗘𝗨
𝑀𝑜𝑖, 𝑒𝑛 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛𝑎𝑖̈𝑓, 𝑗’𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒̀𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑗𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠 𝑢𝑛 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑝𝑒́𝑡𝑢𝑒𝑧-𝑙𝑒-𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑧-𝑙𝑒-𝑓𝑒𝑢… 𝑄𝑢𝑒 𝑙𝑎 𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑥 𝑠𝑜𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑚𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑒.

#CessezLeCessezLeFeu #CessezLeFeu #guerre #trêve #paix #ResteEnPaix #sivispacemparabellum #sivisbellumsimulapacem #Dictionnaire #Définitions #NeoPar

I am not cross at all these words (some I am even glad to learn!) but a few earned an angry face drawn next to the clue.

smew - a small duck I am unlikely to ever see myself 😢
amah - nursemaid in India
erose - eaten away (suspiciously thin entry in Wiktionary)
sloe - aka blackthorn, a wild plum (relative of roses!)
ameba - who spells amoeba this way!?
rale - crackling noise from the chest, though seldom used in singular

#CrossAtWords #crosswords #definitions #WordMeanings #EnglishLanguage

Just finished a crossword. These are the answers to the clues I am "cross" about. That is, obscure (to me) words. So new hashtag: #CrossAtWords

olio - a stew
olla - a jug
brocket - type of deer
sera - crazy plural for serum
transom - crossbar of a doorway or window (in addition to many other meanings)

My wife wanted "transom" to be a way to describe a really attractive trans-masc person. We may start using it that way.

#WordMeanings #definitions #EnglishLanguage #crosswords

Just How Open Is "Open-Source" AI? https://www.whytryai.com/p/open-source-vs-closed-source-ai #AI #OpenSource #definitions (useful!)

Just How Open Is "Open-Source" AI? https://www.whytryai.com/p/open-source-vs-closed-source-ai #AI #OpenSource #definitions (useful!)

#Trump’s #definitions of “#male” and “#female” are #nonsense #science with staggering #ramifications

“How can you so fully #misunderstand #basic #human #biology, and then #legislate about it?”

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/01/trumps-definitions-of-male-and-female-are-nonsense-science-with-staggering-ramifications/

Trump’s #Definitions of “#Male” and “#Female” Are #Nonsense, not #Science With Staggering #Ramifications

“How can you so fully misunderstand basic #human #biology, and then #legislate about it?”

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/01/trumps-definitions-of-male-and-female-are-nonsense-science-with-staggering-ramifications/

"Apologenetics"

When high-browed religious fanatacism runs in the family.

#definitions
#amusing

Bog Standard (2005)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1728_uptodate/page25.shtml
#ycombinator #new #words #vocabulary #definitions #Professor #David_Crystal #BBC #learning #English #make_my_day #full_monty #faq #alcopops #docusoaps #text #dis #mwah #phwoar #spam #pre_nup #showbiz #toy_boy #hot_desking #wired #estuary #euro #luvvy #saddo #gobsmacked #bog_standard #wanabe #hole_in_the_wall

#Futurist & #media #influencer Tim Ventura interviews #physicist & #author Klee Irwin:

❛❛ I also think that I was contacted by our #descendents from the #future … The exchange of #meaning in the form of #consciousness can occur across time. ❜❜ 1:34:30/2-hrs. 2025 Jan 05

The #KrononautMoon Project includes #quantum #signaling in #definitions of Time Travel.

🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beNHjb1am6o 2025 Jan 05
🔗 https://Mastodon.social/@timventura/113774776959961670

#Time #Timelessness #TimeTravel #spacetime #communication #Kronodon

Do a search for “expert” (or another occupation or identity), look at the definition, and then look only at the image-specific results. The images returned are what function as the shadow definition.
https://buff.ly/3Dg2pTC

#LGBTQ #Queer #Words #Definitions #Society