OED Soundsystem
January 29, 2026 at 9:36 PM
OED Soundsystem
Who’s laughing at my ability to use microfiche, Readers Guide, Nexis, and the OED now, motherfuckers?
May 24, 2024 at 3:21 AM
Who’s laughing at my ability to use microfiche, Readers Guide, Nexis, and the OED now, motherfuckers?
Meanwhile I’m over here needing double verification to check the OED.
March 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Meanwhile I’m over here needing double verification to check the OED.
Israel has now killed more than 420 Palestinians in Gaza since the ceasefire, causing OED editors to scramble into order to enlarge the definition of “ceasefire.”
January 11, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Israel has now killed more than 420 Palestinians in Gaza since the ceasefire, causing OED editors to scramble into order to enlarge the definition of “ceasefire.”
“Oed' und leer das Meer”
(Deserted and empty is the sea, Wagner, “Tristan”)
🎨 Bill Crisafi
(Deserted and empty is the sea, Wagner, “Tristan”)
🎨 Bill Crisafi
July 10, 2026 at 4:35 PM
“Oed' und leer das Meer”
(Deserted and empty is the sea, Wagner, “Tristan”)
🎨 Bill Crisafi
(Deserted and empty is the sea, Wagner, “Tristan”)
🎨 Bill Crisafi
Would anyone like to take a guess at the word before “kebob”? Which predates OED - ms is 1660
October 3, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Would anyone like to take a guess at the word before “kebob”? Which predates OED - ms is 1660
I’m sorry @OED but isn’t ‘brain rot’ two words?
December 2, 2024 at 4:05 PM
I’m sorry @OED but isn’t ‘brain rot’ two words?
I find it say that the OED is no longer printed
I worry about all of the knowledge that is digital-only
I worry about all of the knowledge that is digital-only
July 27, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I find it say that the OED is no longer printed
I worry about all of the knowledge that is digital-only
I worry about all of the knowledge that is digital-only
This tote bag I found at the dollar store.
July 8, 2026 at 7:47 PM
This tote bag I found at the dollar store.
Unbelievable. “insanely surpassed” belongs in the OED
December 30, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Unbelievable. “insanely surpassed” belongs in the OED
January 29, 2026 at 4:27 PM
This kills the OED
September 17, 2025 at 8:18 PM
This kills the OED
If you write anything vaguely historical, and you have either institutional or purchased access to the OED, the OED’s historical thesaurus is BEAUTIFUL.
September 20, 2024 at 4:16 PM
If you write anything vaguely historical, and you have either institutional or purchased access to the OED, the OED’s historical thesaurus is BEAUTIFUL.
The call him Oed for short.
May 10, 2026 at 5:07 PM
The call him Oed for short.
I learnt a new word today - "tyromancy", which means 'divination by means of cheese'.
June 30, 2024 at 12:11 AM
I learnt a new word today - "tyromancy", which means 'divination by means of cheese'.
Oh, not you too, OED.
Sigh.
Sigh.
January 24, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Oh, not you too, OED.
Sigh.
Sigh.
I have a compact OED (two volumes in a slipcase), I'm ready.
February 23, 2025 at 12:56 AM
I have a compact OED (two volumes in a slipcase), I'm ready.
They 100% had AI generated at least the list of countries for them, I suspect drawing on like the OED export charts? bsky.app/profile/john...
And Reunion and Mayotte (but not even at the same rate!)
April 3, 2025 at 12:35 AM
They 100% had AI generated at least the list of countries for them, I suspect drawing on like the OED export charts? bsky.app/profile/john...
i get going with the OED but you should at least add a “see also”!
August 22, 2025 at 12:21 AM
i get going with the OED but you should at least add a “see also”!
This. 🙂 (Though also cf. the wonderful "*What* is this doing in an E. E. 'Doc' Smith 'Lensman' novel" remark, "What boots it?") 😅 (OED def. 3...)
July 5, 2026 at 3:44 PM
This. 🙂 (Though also cf. the wonderful "*What* is this doing in an E. E. 'Doc' Smith 'Lensman' novel" remark, "What boots it?") 😅 (OED def. 3...)
#WorldAToZ
#MusicChallenge
27 - W. Back to Wales!
...Mae’na bywyd hyd yn oed mewn craig...
...There is life even in a rock...
#MusicChallenge
27 - W. Back to Wales!
...Mae’na bywyd hyd yn oed mewn craig...
...There is life even in a rock...
Awen
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September 26, 2026 at 10:01 PM
#WorldAToZ
#MusicChallenge
27 - W. Back to Wales!
...Mae’na bywyd hyd yn oed mewn craig...
...There is life even in a rock...
#MusicChallenge
27 - W. Back to Wales!
...Mae’na bywyd hyd yn oed mewn craig...
...There is life even in a rock...