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L. A. (they/them)Have humans ever had a word that went out of use because of a leader having a common word as a surname? Off the top of my head I can think of two leaders who have names like this, one meaning "a cookie" and the other a "verb relating to the card game Hearts". But I don't think either, the latter especially for obvious reasons, have gone out of use.<a href="https://fandom.ink/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#words</a> <a href="https://fandom.ink/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linguistics</a>

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Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋**Etymology: cotton-picking / cotton-picker**🔗 <a href="https://wordorigins-org.ghost.io/cotton-picking-cotton-picker/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wordorigins-org.ghost.io/cotton-picking-cotton-picker/</a>. <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Etymology</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linguistics</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#English</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Language</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Words</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/linguistics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@linguistics</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Image" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Image</a> attribution: unknown source, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Page URL: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cotton_pickers_and_overseer_around_1850.jpg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cotton_pickers_and_overseer_around_1850.jpg</a>.

Dave Rahardja<a href="https://sfba.social/tags/TodayILearned" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TodayILearned</a> that “roach” referring to the fish predates “cockroach” referring to the insect.The world “cockroach” is a folk-etymologized form of the Spanish “cucaracha”. English speakers reached for the word “roach” to fit the sound of the second half.<a href="https://sfba.social/tags/english" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#english</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#etymology</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#words</a>

earthlingThe words come. The words go. But the depths stir all the same. Every breath and every silence that exhales both love and hate. Both pain and joy resides in every beat of the heart. At times it spills upon a page destined to gather dust in some dark corner, and at others it simply drifts upon the night as a whispered secret told only to angels. They shall never read those words or hear those secrets. We keep them locked away in our broken little worlds. ~ B.T. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quotes</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#words</a>

INBELLAKansas City Chiefs, Hulk Hogan, Chadwick Boseman Doc Powers Words+Pictures <a href="https://www.inbella.com/1219935/kansas-city-chiefs-hulk-hogan-chadwick-boseman-doc-powers-wordspictures/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.inbella.com/1219935/kansas-city-chiefs-hulk-hogan-chadwick-boseman-doc-powers-wordspictures/</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/ConnorSchell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ConnorSchell</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/DocumentariesToWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DocumentariesToWatch</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Entertainment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Entertainment</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/EntertainmentNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EntertainmentNews</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/movies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#movies</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/TheKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheKingdom</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Words</a>+Pictures

Lee Firefly<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poetrycommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poetrycommunity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poetry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poem</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/slideshowpoetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#slideshowpoetry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poemsforyou" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poemsforyou</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/prose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prose</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/original" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#original</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#words</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quotes</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#thoughts</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lit</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/micropoetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#micropoetry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quoteoftheday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quoteoftheday</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quotes</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#literature</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/booksandlibraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#booksandlibraries</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wordstoliveby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wordstoliveby</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wordsofwisdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wordsofwisdom</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spilledwords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spilledwords</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lifequotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lifequotes</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spilledink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spilledink</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/aesthetic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#aesthetic</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/innerthoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#innerthoughts</a>

jeffabaileyYou’ve never really been just you. The cosmos has always been behind your eyes.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Prose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Prose</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Words</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Thoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Thoughts</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Philosophy</a>

Zelda 🎀Pronouncing "Lofi" as "Loaf-y"<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/shitpost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#shitpost</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lofi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lofi</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#words</a>

Younger BroJurassic Survivor Has Now Been Written! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mastodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Quotev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Quotev</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TBGN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TBGN</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TwoBrosGameNight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TwoBrosGameNight</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/YoungerBro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#YoungerBro</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fanfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fanfiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JurassicSurvivor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JurassicSurvivor</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JurassicPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JurassicPark</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JurassicWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JurassicWorld</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Volume1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Volume1</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OriginalStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OriginalStory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/newstory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#newstory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/newseries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#newseries</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/announcement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#announcement</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#words</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reading</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/digitalstory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#digitalstory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/movie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#movie</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookseries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookseries</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dinosaurs</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/survival" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#survival</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adventure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#adventure</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thriller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#thriller</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/August" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#August</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Wednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wednesday</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/post" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#post</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/link" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#link</a><a href="https://www.quotev.com/story/15111236/Jurassic-Survivor/1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.quotev.com/story/15111236/Jurassic-Survivor/1</a>

Naomi PSpouse was wondering about the etymology of “record” in English because he’s learning Spanish and apparently it means “remember”. (Edit: the Spanish is spelled differently, though it sounds similar.)It turns out that English’s “record” comes from Old French and Latin “remember”.That’s interesting on its own (a record being a memory is poetic). But then it turns out that the “-cord” part of record comes from the Latin word for “heart”. So I’m guessing that the English phrase “by heart” has much the same origin. I’ve always liked that playing memorized music on an instrument is called “playing by heart”. <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#words</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#etymology</a><a href="https://www.etymonline.com/word/record" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.etymonline.com/word/record</a>

Nick East (Indie Writer)I wonder what he would think about Å, Ä, Ö? 🤔 They're definitely weird but not goth weird? It's on the tip of my tongue, tell me what they are 😁 <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/linguistics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@linguistics</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/linguisticsmemes" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@linguisticsmemes</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/humour" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@humour</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/LinguisticMemes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LinguisticMemes</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Memes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Memes</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linguistics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Language</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Words</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Humor</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Humour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Humour</a>

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Kyiv Independent Daily HeadlinesTuesday, August 19, 2025 Russia occupied less than 1% of Ukraine’s territory since November 2022, monitoring group says — Russian media shows US armored vehicle with Russian, American flags storming Ukrainian positions — Russian gasoline prices hit record highs after drone strikes shut refineries — Muscle beaches, drag racing, and drones falling into the sea. Summer in Odesa hasn’t stopped — In Ukraine, democracy finds its fiercest defenders … and more <a href="https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/08/tuesday-august-19-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/08/tuesday-august-19-2025/</a>

Flipboard Culture DeskThe Cambridge Dictionary has added 6,000 words this year, including slang terms like skibidi and delulu. <a href="https://flipboard.com/@AssociatedPress" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@AssociatedPress</a> talked to Colin McIntosh, lexical program manager, about how his team decides what makes the cut. At the second link, find a quiz to see how well you know Gen Alpha slang.<a href="https://flip.it/zNL3QR" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://flip.it/zNL3QR</a> <a href="https://flip.it/.VCJTl" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://flip.it/.VCJTl</a><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Language</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Lexicography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Lexicography</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Dictionaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dictionaries</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Words</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Slang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Slang</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/GenAlpha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GenAlpha</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/CambridgeDictionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CambridgeDictionary</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Skibidi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Skibidi</a>

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