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HerrBawl

@herrbawl.com

A very young GenXer or a very old Millenial (depending on how you define those generations) that has decided to play games on stream. http://twitch.tv/herrbawl - Streams https://www.youtube.com/@realherrbawl - VODs he/him / ˈhɛərˌbɔl /

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Grandiloquent Word of the Day@grandiloquentwords.bsky.social · 2h ago

Tyromancy (n.) - Fortune-telling by observing the coagulation and other characteristics of cheese. Use: “Who could have guessed that your lovely wedding gift—that antique fondue pot once owned by the famous Madame d’Esperance—would lead me to the unexpectedly lucrative avocation of tyromancy?”

A “Grandiloquent Word of the Day” meme for Tyromancy, defined as “Fortune-telling by observing the coagulation and other characteristics of cheese.” At right, a black-and-white Edwardian-style illustration shows a woman peering intently into a fondue pot. Beneath the definition is the example sentence: “Who could have guessed that your lovely wedding gift—that antique fondue pot once owned by the famous Madame d’Esperance—would lead me to the unexpectedly lucrative avocation of tyromancy?”
HerrBawl@herrbawl.com · 23h ago

Tonight, at 6p MDT (UTC-6), I will be embarking on my attempt at making a game for #MSTRES . I know not how entertaining this will be, but I'll be streaming it at twitch.tv/herrbawl

Emmy@emmfoolery.bsky.social · 3w ago

Hi! I just launched a new three month DOS jam! Don't have enough free time to contribute to a standard game jam? This one's E X T E N D E D. Please feel free to join in, even (especially!) if you have no experience! It's a very casual vibe, and there are even a few assets to help start you off!

Grandiloquent Word of the Day@grandiloquentwords.bsky.social · 3d ago

Quisling [KWIZ-ling] (n.) - A traitor who collaborates with an enemy or occupying foreign power. Used in a sentence: “The malcoiffed quisling draped himself in divisive slogans and patriotic flags while selling out his country and its secrets for the approving nod of hostile foreign powers.”

A "Grandiloquent Word of the Day" meme for “Quisling” [KWIZ-ling], defined as “A traitor who collaborates with an enemy or occupying foreign power.” Beside the definition is a black-and-white illustration of a stern, elaborately bewigged 18th-century man holding a long firearm over his shoulder. The example sentence reads: “The malcoiffed quisling draped himself in divisive slogans and patriotic flags while selling out his country and its secrets for the approving nod of hostile foreign powers.”
Grandiloquent Word of the Day@grandiloquentwords.bsky.social · 6d ago

Horaphthia [hor-AF-thee-uh] (n.) - An obsessive or neurotic preoccupation with one's youth. Used in a sentence: “Horaphthia had put ol’ Clud into such a state of denial that he regarded every wrinkle as slander, every grey hair as treason, and his birth certificate as an obvious forgery.”

A "Grandiloquent Word of the Day" meme for “Horaphthia,” pronounced “hor-AF-thee-uh,” defined as “An obsessive or neurotic preoccupation with one’s youth.” The example sentence reads: “Horaphthia had put ol’ Clud into such a state of denial that he regarded every wrinkle as slander, every grey hair as treason, and his birth certificate as an obvious forgery.” At right, a vintage black-and-white illustration shows an older balding man studying his aged, heavily lined face in a mirror.
Grandiloquent Word of the Day@grandiloquentwords.bsky.social · last wk.

Phlyarologist [FLY-uh-ROL-uh-jist] (n.) - A person who habitually talks nonsense; a babbler or purveyor of foolish, meaningless talk. Used in a sentence: “After three brandies, Lord Bandyshanks had regressed from a deipnosophist into a phlyarologist of Munchausenian magnitude.”

A "Grandiloquent Word of the Day" meme for “Phlyarologist,” defined as “a person who habitually talks nonsense; a babbler or purveyor of foolish, meaningless talk.” The example sentence reads: “After three brandies, Lord Bandyshanks had regressed from a deipnosophist into a phlyarologist of Munchausenian magnitude.” At right, a black-and-white illustration shows an animated storyteller gesturing dramatically before the king, and a group of armored knights, who listen with varying degrees of fascination and skepticism.