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Here’s a #poem for this #wordwednesday called “down to nothing & everything”

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October 29, 2026 at 12:17 AM
chrisholcombe.bsky.social
It’s time for another #WordWednesday! What do we think? Shall we go back to getting our glad rags on?

#booksky #authorsky #writersky #mysterybooks #mysterysky #noir #1920s #slang #queerbooks #lgbtqbooks #gaybooks #queerwriters #lgbtqwriters #gaywriters #queernoir 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️
October 28, 2026 at 4:52 PM
floonzy.bsky.social
#WordWednesday: "calaverita" (Latin American Spanish, from Mexico). A little skull. Around Día de Muertos, also a short rhyming poem that playfully imagines a living person's death. Affectionate, satirical, very funny. 💀 #LanguageLearning
October 29, 2026 at 1:02 AM
chrisholcombe.bsky.social
It's time for another #WordWednesday! I betcha heard of this one! What do you think? Shall we dust it off and have it applied to men?

#booksky #booktok #authorsky #writersky #1920s #slang #mysterybooks #mysterysky #lgbtqbooks #queerbooks #gaybooks #mmbooks #noir
October 21, 2026 at 5:01 PM
floonzy.bsky.social
#WordWednesday: "tuque" (Canadian French). A knitted winter hat. In France, it is usually a "bonnet." We have strong feelings about this word, for reasons that should be obvious from our profile picture. 🧶 #LanguageLearning
A hairy alien in glasses and a red beanie with a maple leaf on it stands in Quebec City with a cup of coffee. They are tossing a snowball into the air.
October 22, 2026 at 1:02 AM
chrisholcombe.bsky.social
It's time for another #WordWednesday! If you've ever had cheap bar wine, then you *know* this slang is a perfect descriptor. Thoughts? Shall we bring it back?

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October 14, 2026 at 5:01 PM
floonzy.bsky.social
#WordWednesday: "friolento" (Latin America) or "friolero" (Spain). The person who is always cold, first to grab a sweater, last to agree the window should stay open. Same person, two words, depending on where you learn. 🧣 #LanguageLearning
October 15, 2026 at 1:01 AM
chrisholcombe.bsky.social
It's time for another #WordWednesday! If you really knew how to work the dance floor, they called you this. What do you think? Should we bring it back from the 1920s to the 2020s?

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October 7, 2026 at 5:03 PM
floonzy.bsky.social
#WordWednesday: "verschlimmbessern" (German). To make something worse by trying to improve it: verschlimmern (worsen) plus verbessern (improve). Every learner who has rewritten a sentence that started out correct knows this verb. ✏️ #LanguageLearning
October 8, 2026 at 1:01 AM
kentarchsoc.bsky.social
Its #WordWednesday

Today's Kentish word, taken from our online dictionary is

Hatch-up
vb.
To prepare for. "I think it's hatching up for snow." "She's hatching up a cold."
A Dictionary of the Kentish Dialect and Provincialisms (1888). Pg 71

You can search the dictionary yourself below
Dictionary of the Kentish dialect — Kent History & Archaeology
Compiled by Camilla Harley.
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October 7, 2026 at 11:02 AM
chrisholcombe.bsky.social
I missed #WordWednesday yesterday! Whoops. How about #throwbackthursday? What do you think — should we bring it back?

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October 1, 2026 at 5:28 PM
floonzy.bsky.social
Word Wednesday: today is International Translation Day. Italian has a phrase for the whole profession's dilemma: "traduttore, traditore," translator, traitor. Every translation betrays the original a little to serve the reader. ⚖️ #WordWednesday #LearnItalian
October 1, 2026 at 1:01 AM
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On Live Now. Reposting from @austinkocher.com
#Immigration #Migente #Noticias #News #Journalism #WordWednesday #ImmigrationReporting
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LIVE NOW: The inside story of Documented with Mazin Sidahmed
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September 30, 2026 at 2:12 PM
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#WealthWendesday #WhatMoneyBuysWednesday #RichWhiteMen #Power #Money #WeTalkMoneyWednesday #Migente #Billions #WisdomWednesday #WordWednesday
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Once you've got more money than you could ever spend, what's the point of earning another dollar? From my conversation with @RobinsonErhardt.bsky.social
September 30, 2026 at 1:54 PM
chrisholcombe.bsky.social
It’s time for another #WordWednesday! What do you think? Shall we bring it back?

#booksky #authorsky #writersky #mysterybooks #mysterysky #noir #1920s #queerbooks #lgbtqbooks #gaybooks #queerwriters #lgbtqwriters #gaywriters #queernoir
September 23, 2026 at 5:05 PM
rtkn-hldings-inc.bsky.social
Dispassionate. #WordWednesday www.wordnik.com/words/dispas...
dispassionate — definition, examples, related words and more at Wordnik
All the words
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September 23, 2026 at 8:17 PM
kentarchsoc.bsky.social
Its #WordWednesday

Today's Kentish word, taken from our online dictionary is

Gutter-grub
gut-ur-grub. N. One who delights in doing dirsty work and getting himself into a mess; a low person. A Dictionary of the Kentish Dialect and Provincialisms (1888). Pg 68

Search the dictionary below:
Dictionary of the Kentish dialect — Kent History & Archaeology
Compiled by Camilla Harley.
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September 23, 2026 at 9:00 AM
christabakker.bsky.social
Little flipping b*tches (wentelteefjes): French toast. The word teef used to indicate a certain form of pastry or cake, but these days, it sounds a bit odd. Perhaps we should go with the French: pain perdu, or 'lost bread'.

#WordWednesday #DutchWordOfTheDay
September 23, 2026 at 10:24 AM
toddwritespoetry.bsky.social
Here’s a new #poem called “an imperfect mechanism” for this #wordwednesday

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September 16, 2026 at 7:55 PM
chrisholcombe.bsky.social
It's time for another #WordWednesday! Here's some 1920s queer slang. 

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September 16, 2026 at 5:02 PM
proteusfinnerty.bsky.social
📚💙 For #WordWednesday, a serious word about suicide. And laughter, which can be medicinal. wapo.st/46si51u
VONNEGUT, FROM CRADLE TO GRAVE
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September 16, 2026 at 4:03 PM
floonzy.bsky.social
#WordWednesday: "flâner" (French). To wander without destination, purely to notice the city. Not lost. Not late. A flâneur has nowhere to be, which is the entire point. #LanguageLearning #LearnFrench
September 17, 2026 at 1:01 AM
kentarchsoc.bsky.social
Its #WordWednesday

Today's Kentish word, taken from our online dictionary is

Gurt
adj. Great. A Dictionary of the Kentish Dialect and Provincialisms (1888). Pg 68.

You can search the dictionary yourself here - buff.ly/hPfGRpm

#research #Kentish #dictionarycorner #historical #WordWednesday
Dictionary of the Kentish dialect — Kent History & Archaeology
Compiled by Camilla Harley.
www.kentarchaeology.org.uk
September 16, 2026 at 9:01 AM
chrisholcombe.bsky.social
It's time for another #WordWednesday! Dewdropper is the 1920s-version of a scrub and remember what TLC told us . . .

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September 9, 2026 at 5:01 PM
floonzy.bsky.social
Word Wednesday: "Fernweh" (German). Literally far-sickness. The ache for a place you have never been, the opposite of homesickness. Some people are homesick for somewhere they have not found yet. ✈️ #WordWednesday #LearnGerman
A short, hairy alien in a red beanie and glasses, looks longingly into the distance on a star-filled night, on a distant planet.
September 10, 2026 at 1:01 AM