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girl- (prefix, as in "girldinner" and "girlmath") and -girl (suffix, as in "catgirl", "robotgirl") have undergone divergent semantic change
synonyms: bakery, dump truck, junk in the trunk, etc.
![English entry for "FAQ" on Wiktionary. The pronunciation section reads as following:
- enPR: ĕf′ā-kyo͞o′, făk, fŭk′yo͞o; IPA(key): /ˌɛf.eɪ̯ˈkjuː/, /fæk/, /ˈfʌk.ju/
- Generally pronounced letter-by-letter, otherwise it sounds like fuck or fuck you.
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"dialect" is such a funny label. like, which one???
I would be at a complete loss of words if it weren't for all my words
need to start using the dutch word for "party animal"
editing to add a selfie of some of you
![English entry for "demon core" on Wiktionary. The page reads as following:
Proper noun
1. (historical) A spherical subcritical mass of plutonium manufactured during World War II by the United States as a fissile core for an early atomic bomb.
Etymology: Referred as such due to its involvement in two fatal criticality accidents at the Los Alamos Laboratory in 1945 and in 1946. In the late 2010s, the circumstances of the second indicent were popularized widely by science history videos and internet memes.
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this man may have a reputation
![Ancient Greek entry for "τόπος" on Wiktionary. The page reads as following:
Etymology: Seemingly an inherited term, though the broad semantic range of the word makes ascertaining further origin and cognates difficult. [...] Others (though surprisingly, not Beekes) have suggested Pre-Greek origin [...]
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straight up "manic" over it and by it lets justr say. ahah. my wiki
three cites or it didn't happen
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![English entry for "poor little meow meow" on Wiktionary. The page reads as following:
Noun
1. (fandom slang) A fictional character who is both endearingly pathetic and extremely flawed or villainous.
Etymology: Originated from a viral 2020 tweet by a BTS fan apologetically addressing group member Suga (known by the fan nickname "Lil Meow Meow") as "my poor meow meow...my baby my little baby who hurt[sic] so much […] ." The tweet was made in response to the controversy over Suga's sampling of a speech by cult leader Jim Jones (1931–1978) on his solo mixtape D-2.
See also
- babygirl (“male morally ambiguous character romanticised by fans”)
- blorbo (“any character of whom one is particularly fond”)
- cinnamon roll (“character perceived as good and kind”)
- Draco in Leather Pants (“any morally ambiguous character romanticised by fans”)
- woobie (“morally ambiguous character subjected to pain for pathos”)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nz2czue65bbyhrygawldvhwr/bafkreiglw5g7rovtus24pjyjnoicgk2ai7uyusieuf3iuavcyp5bv454oa)