Need a hand understanding certain words? Let's assist with that! #Vocabulary #WordNerd #SupportProtest #ukraine #protest #protesting #8647 #50501 #canada #ukraine #resistance #resist #ProtestMerch #alilthisandthat #thisandthatanimalsgonewild #thisandthat #trending #GiftIdeas

Important information for the vampire hunters among you.

https://prokopetz.tumblr.com/post/633417221930106880/all-right-so-the-vampires-gravestone-is

#vampires #WordNerd #graveyard

Saturday Night’s Alright For Reading

Image shows a copy of Terry Pratchett's book Reaper man laying on a red blanket. There's a bubbling glass of Prosecco in my hand. Terry Pratchett and a glass of prosecco. That's my type of Saturday evening. Party on word nerds! Out of interest, what are you reading at the moment? #Reading #AmReading #Books #Pratchett #TerryPratchett #SaturdayNight #WordNerd

https://vcwillow.wordpress.com/2025/06/07/saturday-nights-alright-for-reading/

Those old sayings; a @wordsbyterryl article.
We all hear them from the time we acquire language as a child. They’re so ingrained and so taken for granted that we don’t really think about what they say. MoonLit questions these old sayings in this full moon’s offering.

We also introduce wrdnrdbrd (Word Nerd Bird). A friendly glyph found on #openclipart.

https://blog.moonlitpress.org/word-nerd-3

#CreativeNonfiction #wordsbyterryl #writing #fullMoon
#humor
#WordNerd
#OldSayings
#WritingLife
#Pagan #Perspective

Don't even get me started on metal, medal, meddle, and mettle.

#Wordplay #WordNerd

Tune in next week when we face down grizzly, grisly, and gristly.

#Wordplay #WordNerd

A word lesson:

- sensor: detects or measures things
- censor: to suppress things or shut people up
- censer: priests swing it and send aromatic smoke billowing
- senser: you when you just know a thing that you haven't seen or heard yet

Telling me to stop the verbal interruption? That's a censure.

#Wordplay #WordNerd

Feeling sharp this Thursday? Test your skills with this wordsec grid:

v t a s
e i o r
e t o t

Can you conquer it? https://wordseq.com/daily/normal/2025-05-29
#WordNerd #PuzzleTime

Happy #SherlockHolmesDay! One of our earliest videos was all about Holmes – and his connections to Sir Gawain and the Green Knight! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGJ1fdAdn5w

#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #SherlockHolmes #Holmes #Gawain

Happy #DinosaurDay! Time to dig back into our past videos, for the early history of fossil hunting and paleontology’s roots: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9yNwRBlKtU

#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #Dinosaur #Fossil #Paleontology

Happy #FlowerDay! Here are some lovely etymological blooms to help celebrate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7Dpzgcm9jY

#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #Flowers

@lowqualityfacts Can’t tell if I just learned something… or got misinformed.

#Facts #Funny #WordNerd #EnglishLanguage #LearnSomethingNew #FunFact #Humor #MindBlown #DidYouKnow

Happy #LoveATreeDay! Have an arboreal etymology to celebrate! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl-WunKwjrY

#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #Tree

In "little things that make me happy", I have seen the word "comprise" used *correctly*, twice in the past few days! I think these are also the 2 most recent times I've seen it used at all!

I know 2 occurrences don't make a trend, but they do at least make me happy. 😄

#English #vocabulary #usage #grammar #WordNerd

It’s #TulipDay! Beyond being a beautiful sign of spring, tulips are notable for being connected to one of the first market bubbles, and we have a short video about that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TELUATe2auc

#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Tulip #Bubble #Economy

It’s #WorldCocktailDay! So what better time to pour yourself a drink and settle in to learn all about the history of the cocktail, and some of the fascinating connections of some iconic drinks, with our Cocktail playlist!

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlDwZNRMgsJK9YKaDhE7Gl-xQ_O2Ur8ZC

#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #Cocktail

Happy #LimerickDay! In lieu of a (bad) limerick of our own, we’ll point you to our video about Verse, which talks about the basics of poetic form, including the limerick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxFzgH0y9Jw

#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #Limerick #Verse #Poetry

For #NationalTourismDay, may we direct you to our video about the Olympics, Amateurs, and – it turns out – tourism? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=im0C18vcyFE

#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #amateur #olympics #tourism

#WordWeavers May 5. Describe the way your antagonist speaks.
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The Lavishiers have adopted a heavily vaudevillian sort of "French" accented English with extra words borrowed from other languages...
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Think if robots from the future wanted to perform theatre of what they thought Americans with no theatre experience would do with a French accent (plus had AI randomly throw in words from Mandarin, Nigerian, and Gaelic, etc).
#writerscommunity #wordnerd #bookstodon

Happy #NationalTeacherDay! Thank you to all the teachers whose work is so important. To mark the day, here’s our video on the etymologies and history of education: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR0YVsr8QhU #NationalTeachersDay #TeacherAppreciationDay #TeacherAppreciationWeek

#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #Teachers #Education