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Laconic

(of a person, speech, or style of writing) using very few words.

im nicebart 👼🏼

@nicebart.bsky.social

feeling laconic

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Attenuate

To weaken; make less strong; to reduce in force, intensity, quantity or even value; to make thin or slender

zoonoses.bsky.social

@zoonoses.bsky.social

Lymph node remodelling underlies the attenuated form of HIV/AIDS in people with HIV-2

📰 The Journal of infection

#Zoonoses #OneHealth #InfectiousDiseases #PublicHealth

🔗 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2026.106760

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Irascible

easily angered; characterized by anger; easily irritated; short-tempered; crabby

Elaine de Corbenic.

@guardianxxgrial.bsky.social

Vaya, parece que se ha arrepentido de eso aunque se lo ha dicho porque estaba preocupado.

—... Discúlpeme, me he pasado.

Ha bajado la mirada hacia los gatos, aunque ella no los acaricia, ellos se frotan contra Elaine.

—No consigo descansar mucho y eso me hace estar algo irascible,

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Recalcitrant

being obstinate; uncooperative (especially someone of authority or discipline)

Michael Beveridge

@tattieboy.bsky.social

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-29/taylors-wines-threatens-to-move-overseas-tax-changes-sa/106736510
No more Taylors wine for me. Plenty of other very good wines available.
Thankyou ABC. Please keep listing these recalcitrant businesses.

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Monotony

a lack of variety; tedious; boring; very routine; tedium; boredom; repetitiveness; sameness of pitch or tone in a sound

somewhat incorrect will wood lyrics

@handle.invalid

I am the shadows cast aside by gallows, and you the red-hot sky
I might be the brain of evil
And not until anomaly abolished my monotony
Nature, I guess

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Discerning

showing good judgment; discriminating; judicious; tasteful

Mrs. Fibuli

@mirandaquim.bsky.social

Big chocolate has convinced us that vanilla is 'plain' when it is in fact the apex flavor for the discerning palate

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Proclivity

a tendency to choose to do something (regularly usually)

cial | notfun

@demon-sushi.com

rip ed the rancor gigapet, he lasted 3 weeks before his proclivity to be awake hours before me finally doomed his pixels

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Pulchritude

beauty; fairness; loveliness; good-looking; attractiveness (used in literary terms)

Aurthur Anderson

@aurthursnakearms.bsky.social

bingo, another great day on my pulchritudinous attractive farm

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Upbraid

to find fault with someone; to rebuke or scold someone (not as strong as castigate, stronger than chide); admonish; rebuke; reproach; lambast; berate

Himbo Deluxe

@verylarge.bsky.social

Waiter, should my vile son Pig Boy, who is truly very ugly, catch your attention you can feel free to upbraid him or strike him with your open palm.

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Pungent

1. a really bad smell or nasty taste; caustic; bitting; tart; sharp 2. can also be used when describing a comment that is sarcastic, scathing, sharp or mean comment.

Everyday Cooking Briefly

@cookingbriefly.bsky.social

Dry mustard powder boosts coleslaw flavor with a sharp, pungent kick, letting you avoid blandness or over-salting by using small measured amounts.

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