[Litotes font]I don't know about you guys, but I'm starting to think Trump lied when he said he didn't know what Project 2025 was. [/Litotes font]
February 18, 2025 at 3:03 AM
[Litotes font]I don't know about you guys, but I'm starting to think Trump lied when he said he didn't know what Project 2025 was. [/Litotes font]
Litotes!
Is there a word for reverse hyperbole? Like where you deliberately undersell something that’s actually serious? Is that still hyperbole?
Like “it’s a bit chilly today” when it’s below freezing. Is that still hyperbole? Just sarcasm?
Like “it’s a bit chilly today” when it’s below freezing. Is that still hyperbole? Just sarcasm?
July 7, 2026 at 5:14 AM
Litotes!
It's called litotes.
March 8, 2025 at 6:22 PM
It's called litotes.
"Might" here is a litotes.
February 8, 2025 at 3:17 AM
"Might" here is a litotes.
When the moon hits your eye and it's... not unlike pie,
that's litotes
that's litotes
October 17, 2024 at 11:16 PM
When the moon hits your eye and it's... not unlike pie,
that's litotes
that's litotes
"My memory is so bad I let you speak" is not unimpressive.
[totes litotes]
[totes litotes]
February 9, 2024 at 1:25 AM
"My memory is so bad I let you speak" is not unimpressive.
[totes litotes]
[totes litotes]
“Litotes aren’t the worst way to make a point.”
- Autistic proverb
- Autistic proverb
“This meeting could have been an email”
- Ancient Autistic proverb
- Ancient Autistic proverb
January 1, 2025 at 2:37 AM
“Litotes aren’t the worst way to make a point.”
- Autistic proverb
- Autistic proverb
Oh, she knew all the tricks: dramatic irony, metaphor, bathos, puns, parody, litotes and... satire. Vicious
You are literally arguing the semantics of what constitutes a genocide you absolute cunt with no self awareness.
And now you are trying to back out of that after being called on it.
Maybe you should just shut up Tom.
And now you are trying to back out of that after being called on it.
Maybe you should just shut up Tom.
I don't dismiss the concept of "genocide."
In fact, I want the word to be used sparingly but accurately, and not merely to describe excessive wartime civilian casualties that rightly offend our moral sense.
In fact, I want the word to be used sparingly but accurately, and not merely to describe excessive wartime civilian casualties that rightly offend our moral sense.
August 22, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Oh, she knew all the tricks: dramatic irony, metaphor, bathos, puns, parody, litotes and... satire. Vicious
Choosing to believe that 'somewhat degraded' is litotes.
March 2, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Choosing to believe that 'somewhat degraded' is litotes.
millennials love litotes
![Examples
Litotes Instead of saying
"Not bad." "Good."
"It's not my favorite..." "I don't like it."
"Not too shabby!"[12] "Nice!"
"Non-trivial." "Very complex."
"It's not the cheapest." "It's somewhat expensive."
"Not unlike..." "Like..."
"Not great, Bob!" "Very lousy, Bob!"
"The weather isn't great." "It's raining."
"It's not a masterpiece." "It's mediocre."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ae3bmka7dywnt65odzzjfvho/bafkreiecrgfxgynkfsejqhyqaftvxii3kxhflbxgucp5hqlpsj6h7xtsoy)
December 3, 2024 at 9:12 PM
millennials love litotes
Well, I wasn't doing that, but I have again learned my lesson that Bluesky is a very literal place and that using metaphors (or sarcasm, puns, litotes, dramatic irony, oh, I know all the tricks) is at my own risk.
Equating DSA type socialism with Stalinism is a good reminder that no one should take you more than like 30% seriously
July 2, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Well, I wasn't doing that, but I have again learned my lesson that Bluesky is a very literal place and that using metaphors (or sarcasm, puns, litotes, dramatic irony, oh, I know all the tricks) is at my own risk.
Litotes 😍
I knew studying classical languages would come in handy one day
I knew studying classical languages would come in handy one day
July 7, 2026 at 5:14 AM
Litotes 😍
I knew studying classical languages would come in handy one day
I knew studying classical languages would come in handy one day
not untrue
hashtag totes litotes
hashtag totes litotes
A descriptivist in the streets, a prescriptivist in the sheets
January 7, 2024 at 11:45 PM
not untrue
hashtag totes litotes
hashtag totes litotes
I say we mock this guy using litotes, sarcasm, dramatic irony
November 21, 2024 at 3:57 AM
I say we mock this guy using litotes, sarcasm, dramatic irony
it might be pathological litotes, but "they're going to test in prod" feels like a reasonable slogan for this whole coup thing
as an AI guy im excited to test how well Grok writes Cobol on the federal payments system
February 3, 2025 at 7:28 PM
it might be pathological litotes, but "they're going to test in prod" feels like a reasonable slogan for this whole coup thing
Autistic Lexicon
Litotes
A figure of speech applying understatement
such as declaring the negation of the opposite (“not bad”), the subject is less significant than another example of the subject, etc …
Many Autistic ppl can navigate interactions via Litotes without being accused of “drama”
Litotes
A figure of speech applying understatement
such as declaring the negation of the opposite (“not bad”), the subject is less significant than another example of the subject, etc …
Many Autistic ppl can navigate interactions via Litotes without being accused of “drama”
December 28, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Autistic Lexicon
Litotes
A figure of speech applying understatement
such as declaring the negation of the opposite (“not bad”), the subject is less significant than another example of the subject, etc …
Many Autistic ppl can navigate interactions via Litotes without being accused of “drama”
Litotes
A figure of speech applying understatement
such as declaring the negation of the opposite (“not bad”), the subject is less significant than another example of the subject, etc …
Many Autistic ppl can navigate interactions via Litotes without being accused of “drama”
kein schlechter Tag für Litotes
November 27, 2025 at 2:40 PM
kein schlechter Tag für Litotes
Tune in tomorrow—and you won’t be unhappy about it—for another exciting episode of Totes Litotes.
Did you know that the two dots of a diaeresis are technically referred to as diaeresis pieces?
It's always more fun to call them umlauts, even when they're not umlauts.
December 28, 2023 at 12:53 AM
Tune in tomorrow—and you won’t be unhappy about it—for another exciting episode of Totes Litotes.
TIL the word litotes!
February 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
TIL the word litotes!
You (probably) won’t hate learning what Litotes are.
Autistic Lexicon
Litote
A statement in which the negation of the opposite is presented. Often an understatement but allowing for broad interpretation.
Example:
“You won’t be sorry”
“This isn’t the worst pain I have ever felt”
Litote
A statement in which the negation of the opposite is presented. Often an understatement but allowing for broad interpretation.
Example:
“You won’t be sorry”
“This isn’t the worst pain I have ever felt”
February 26, 2025 at 10:14 AM
You (probably) won’t hate learning what Litotes are.
This statement by the NYT is a classic example of the rhetorical device known as 'litotes' (a drastic understatement).
April 20, 2025 at 9:57 PM
This statement by the NYT is a classic example of the rhetorical device known as 'litotes' (a drastic understatement).
@lauraneuhaus.bsky.social hat darüber (Litotes) promoviert.
Linguistik der Litotes im Deutschen
Based on German corpus data, this study presents the structure and the formal and functional conditions of the rhetorical figure of litotes. By examining the form of double negation (“not without co...
www.degruyter.com
January 10, 2024 at 9:14 PM
@lauraneuhaus.bsky.social hat darüber (Litotes) promoviert.
"Litotes" is an expression in which an affirmative sentiment is conveyed by being made entirely out of lithium.
July 29, 2024 at 8:17 PM
"Litotes" is an expression in which an affirmative sentiment is conveyed by being made entirely out of lithium.
Nought but a spot of litotes my goaties
July 13, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Nought but a spot of litotes my goaties