Etymologist providing expert testimony on the colloquial use of "daddy".
actually i don’t know if they made stepmom porn illegal. the wording of the bill is ‘simulated incest’ so i think we’re less than a year away from it being tried IN COURT whether saying “step” before “brother” makes it legal to have sex while stuck in a washing machine. stupidest country on earth
February 24, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Etymologist providing expert testimony on the colloquial use of "daddy".
I just made up a joke:
Me? No, I'm not an etymologist!
I hate bugs.
Me? No, I'm not an etymologist!
I hate bugs.
August 24, 2025 at 8:13 AM
I just made up a joke:
Me? No, I'm not an etymologist!
I hate bugs.
Me? No, I'm not an etymologist!
I hate bugs.
"Ultracrepidarian" is a useful word for these times that I recently learned of.
Also, I am now an etymologist.
Also, I am now an etymologist.
April 4, 2025 at 1:31 PM
"Ultracrepidarian" is a useful word for these times that I recently learned of.
Also, I am now an etymologist.
Also, I am now an etymologist.
just got back from the gastro-etymologist. he told me that stomach comes from the greek word stoma, meaning mouth 😟
April 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
just got back from the gastro-etymologist. he told me that stomach comes from the greek word stoma, meaning mouth 😟
somewhere an etymologist bursts into tears again and knows not why
While it's true that JD Vance won his Senate race in Ohio—and it's genuinely no small accomplishment to become a U.S. senator—this was his closest competitor in the Republican primary:
August 21, 2024 at 3:46 PM
somewhere an etymologist bursts into tears again and knows not why
I am not an entomologist! I am an etymologist. I don't like bugs.
January 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I am not an entomologist! I am an etymologist. I don't like bugs.
yes i know i’m asking for an etymologist
shut up, dorkass. word scientist is funnier
shut up, dorkass. word scientist is funnier
April 29, 2026 at 10:55 PM
yes i know i’m asking for an etymologist
shut up, dorkass. word scientist is funnier
shut up, dorkass. word scientist is funnier
who needs AI when you have 19th-century etymologist charles p.g. scott?
April 29, 2026 at 4:19 AM
who needs AI when you have 19th-century etymologist charles p.g. scott?
It always feels weird and inaccurate when someone calls me an "etymologist," so I'm trying on alternate titles for size:
Nouncromancer
Semantic spelunker
Suffix smuggler
Root whisperer
Prefix plumber
Diction didact
Nouncromancer
Semantic spelunker
Suffix smuggler
Root whisperer
Prefix plumber
Diction didact
September 1, 2025 at 2:26 PM
It always feels weird and inaccurate when someone calls me an "etymologist," so I'm trying on alternate titles for size:
Nouncromancer
Semantic spelunker
Suffix smuggler
Root whisperer
Prefix plumber
Diction didact
Nouncromancer
Semantic spelunker
Suffix smuggler
Root whisperer
Prefix plumber
Diction didact
Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Etymologist: the cup is an Old English borrowing from Late Latin
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Etymologist: the cup is an Old English borrowing from Late Latin
Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Marine biologist: there is not enough water in the cup to be suitable habitat for a shark
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Marine biologist: there is not enough water in the cup to be suitable habitat for a shark
Optimist: the cup is ½ full
Pessimist: the cup is ½ empty
Land and climate expert trained in counterfactuals: ok, how much water was in the cup yesterday? How much was in the cup last year? And how much was originally in the cup before humans started altering it for drinking purposes?
Pessimist: the cup is ½ empty
Land and climate expert trained in counterfactuals: ok, how much water was in the cup yesterday? How much was in the cup last year? And how much was originally in the cup before humans started altering it for drinking purposes?
September 2, 2024 at 11:29 PM
Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Etymologist: the cup is an Old English borrowing from Late Latin
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Etymologist: the cup is an Old English borrowing from Late Latin
*etymologist seeing a flying machine* damn that -pter is helico- as fuck
December 27, 2025 at 1:40 AM
*etymologist seeing a flying machine* damn that -pter is helico- as fuck
8/10 times I tell people I’m an entomologist they think I said etymologist. I wonder if the reverse situation happens to etymologists. 🤔
February 10, 2025 at 12:07 PM
8/10 times I tell people I’m an entomologist they think I said etymologist. I wonder if the reverse situation happens to etymologists. 🤔
This just in: birds is bugs
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#entomemeology #entomologymemes #entomology #bugmemes #entomologist #entomologists #etymologist #ornithologist
February 6, 2025 at 11:27 PM
This just in: birds is bugs
#entomemeology #entomologymemes #entomology #bugmemes #entomologist #entomologists #etymologist #ornithologist
#entomemeology #entomologymemes #entomology #bugmemes #entomologist #entomologists #etymologist #ornithologist
Etymologist who can tell you what's the lore on lore.
November 22, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Etymologist who can tell you what's the lore on lore.
*applying for an etymologist position
December comes from the word ember because of fires to stay warm, probably
December comes from the word ember because of fires to stay warm, probably
December 7, 2025 at 5:23 AM
*applying for an etymologist position
December comes from the word ember because of fires to stay warm, probably
December comes from the word ember because of fires to stay warm, probably
When did "abwabwa" (and its variants) become popularized in the the babyfur community? 🤔
We need a babyfur etymologist.
We need a babyfur etymologist.
October 20, 2025 at 5:11 PM
When did "abwabwa" (and its variants) become popularized in the the babyfur community? 🤔
We need a babyfur etymologist.
We need a babyfur etymologist.
etymologist here, this is true
July 1, 2026 at 8:14 AM
etymologist here, this is true
I am going to have to hire an actual etymologist as an editor to make sure I am getting these names right. I think Hypophthalmicthys is like "lowered-eye fish" and Isthmophragmospora is like "narrow-walled spore". Uriunceustreptus I cannot figure out, except that streptus = twisted
January 14, 2026 at 3:42 AM
I am going to have to hire an actual etymologist as an editor to make sure I am getting these names right. I think Hypophthalmicthys is like "lowered-eye fish" and Isthmophragmospora is like "narrow-walled spore". Uriunceustreptus I cannot figure out, except that streptus = twisted
Etymologist here! I think that's a ground beetle, specifically from the genus tetragonoderus
September 20, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Etymologist here! I think that's a ground beetle, specifically from the genus tetragonoderus
Be fair. Not everyone can be an etymologist. What twits. 🙄
June 26, 2026 at 8:58 AM
Be fair. Not everyone can be an etymologist. What twits. 🙄
BREAKING NEWS: lupus treatment causes lycanthropy, reports etymologist
June 29, 2026 at 1:07 PM
BREAKING NEWS: lupus treatment causes lycanthropy, reports etymologist
Do not take an etymologist to the ER with you, because they are liable to interrupt the doctor's important discharge instructions with shit like, "Why do they call it a Miami J collar?" and "Ah, NPO! 'Nil per...os?' Is it 'os'?"
October 24, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Do not take an etymologist to the ER with you, because they are liable to interrupt the doctor's important discharge instructions with shit like, "Why do they call it a Miami J collar?" and "Ah, NPO! 'Nil per...os?' Is it 'os'?"
As if judges cosplaying historian and etymologist weren't bad enough
June 14, 2024 at 2:34 PM
As if judges cosplaying historian and etymologist weren't bad enough