#Word

Lisa Harding

SketchLisa

I fear this morning has brought out the worst on social media again. I see no rewriting of history in the removal of Guy Gibson’s dogs headstone, just a sensitive

Rakesh

just1hashtag

Well, The history of the word "quarantine" is fascinating! (A mini Thread)The word comes from Latin 'quadraginta' and the Italian 'quaranta', both meaning “40.”Why 40?We will have to go back to the mid

soft boi 🏳️‍🌈🌿

cybergrem

seen some lgbt people on twitter say that they dont like the word 'queer' because it is used as a slur. fair enough, they have the right to be uncomfortable

T. A.

_Slave_of_GOD_

1. Wateen-Abhar Difference:The hadith which you qouted uses the word "abhar", whereas the ayah uses the word "wateen". Since these are medical jargons of that era, there is no reason

Jo Moore

JoMoore_

Last week my MOM got an actual TATTOO. I'm still in shock. Important deets - 1. She's been drunk twice, ever2. She thinks "crap" is quite a bad swear word3.

Bennie Kara FCCT 🌹

benniekara

Lots of discussion about Of Mice and Men at the minute. Fascinated by it. I am not particularly wedded to it as a text, but I do appreciate its structure

George Pearkes

pearkes

Markets are closed, I did a big shop this morning, and I got a workout in. Seems like a fun afternoon to do a tour of Last Word riffs. What’s

stuti

lwtcors

things you can do if you see someone who has a different opinion than you on twitter rather than sending death threats to them (a useful thread) 1. scroll past

ananya

byeananya

Dalit owned fashion enterprise. https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/business-news-chamar-studio-when-a-word-of-abuse-becomes-pride-of-the-dalit-community/302470 https://chamar.in/ Please recommend more dalit owned enterprises.

True Indology

TIinExile

Did you know?Many of the dirty abuses in Hindi had actually entered into the language after Islαmic invasion.For instance,the most commonly used expletive 'mādarch0d' (मादरचोद) is of foreign origin.Word mādar

fan 帆！

fandoestrans

RANDOM CHINESE LESSONS WITH FAN TIMEWhat are Chinese characters made of?a thread where I talk about a little quirk within the Chinese language-- the fact that characters are comprised of

Knee Ψ⁷| killua brainrot (not spoiler free)

kneepillar

~The character's names in Saiki K are puns: a thread~ Saiki:His name is a pun on the Japanese pronunciation of psychic (Saikikkusu) Nendou: His name 燃堂力 (Nendou Riki) can

BLM ACAB

hyperbassflute

im sorry im twetting a lot ive just got a lot on my mind but i personally dont feel comfortable using the word autism to describe my medical condition although

True Wit Teacher

TrueWitTeacher

When you go from teaching to admin, do they put you in one of those men in black memory erasers, so you forget everything you hated admin doing to you

Mark Pitcavage

egavactip

1. Just a little terminology thread on the word "militia" to help journalists and others using the word, or for anybody who might be interested. The word "militia" has many

axtl🌟

astraeaxtl

thread of random words or phrases that pop into my mind: 1. tricordyceps- means nothing- a combination of triceratops (the dinosaur) and cordyceps (traditional medicine) 2. grosstimate- not a real