"How to define RPGs and CRPGs? And why the title of my book doesnβt make sense anymore :(" -- https://crpgbook.wordpress.com/2025/06/14/how-to-define-rpgs-and-crpgs-and-why-the-title-of-my-book-doesnt-make-sense-anymore/
"How to define RPGs and CRPGs? And why the title of my book doesnβt make sense anymore :(" -- https://crpgbook.wordpress.com/2025/06/14/how-to-define-rpgs-and-crpgs-and-why-the-title-of-my-book-doesnt-make-sense-anymore/
jejune; also to a nominally lesser extent: feckless
#definitions #streetart #words
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.
...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....
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)
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 Iβm 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)
Word meanings change over time - do you know the original meaning of these?
25 Words That Donβt Mean What You Think They Do
https://buff.ly/41sI6f6
#definitions #wordchoice #writing #amwriting #dictionary #etymology
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#CessezLeCessezLeFeu #CessezLeFeu #guerre #trΓͺve #paix #ResteEnPaix #sivispacemparabellum #sivisbellumsimulapacem #Dictionnaire #DΓ©finitions #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 π’
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.
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!)
#Trumpβs #definitions of β#maleβ and β#femaleβ are #nonsense #science with staggering #ramifications
βHow can you so fully #misunderstand #basic #human #biology, and then #legislate about it?β
Trumpβs #Definitions of β#Maleβ and β#Femaleβ Are #Nonsense, not #Science With Staggering #Ramifications
βHow can you so fully misunderstand basic #human #biology, and then #legislate about it?β
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