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Surly

rude or bad tempered (less strong that irascible); moody; sulky used to describe someone who is purposefully ignoring or being a bit rude

The Friendly Necromancer 🎩

@farren.bsky.social

My mom decided I get to cook tomorrow so if I seem especially surly tomorrow its because RV ovens are hateful little machines

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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

@captainmeg.bsky.social

Bus driver just opened his door to upbraid a van driver who hadn’t indicated whilst we were at the traffic lights and I could have stood up and applauded.

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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.

Matthyule

@madaram.bsky.social

There is the pungent smell of death in my living room. I think my little housemate might be done for. It’s a Christmas miracle!

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Misanthrope

a person who dislikes other people and avoids other people; hater of mankind

Winter Cold Brew

@totenfetch.bsky.social

Made it safely through #Whamageddon

Being a misanthrope does have benefits

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Juncture

1. a particular point or event in time; point (in time); moment (in time); 2. a place where things join

TMAStreet

@tmastreet.bsky.social

PEPE Price: Support Holds as Bears Lose Steam? – The meme coin market, ever a barometer of crypto sentiment, finds PEPE at a crucial juncture as we close out 2025. Having weathered significant volatility since its initial explosion onto the scene, PEPE is now testing key support levels that could di

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Exacerbate

to make something worse; to make something more severe (often used in reference to feelings, illness or disease)

News Analysis

@newsanalysis.com

Officials warn Tehran, Iran residents of potential evacuation due to severe drought. Overextraction and climate change exacerbate the crisis, impacting 15M people. #ClimateCrisis #News

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Opaque

not able to be seen through; not transparent; impenetrable to light hard to understand; not clear

Courrier international

@courrierinter.bsky.social

Tous les ingrédients du scandale sont réunis au bord du lac Léman : une huile locale engluée dans un chantage amoureux, les querelles plus très feutrées des légataires du géant pharmaceutique Novartis, à la fortune déclinante et la gestion opaque.

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Beguile

charm or enchant (someone), sometimes in a deceptive way

zinā' warrior princess

@melifonos.bsky.social

beguiling the trade with a tramp stamp that says SERVICE ENTRANCE

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Empirical

based on or concerned with observation and experience (rather than just a theory); experiential; hands-on

arXiv math.ST Statistics Theory

@mathst-bot.bsky.social

Ben Chugg, Aaditya Ramdas: Closed-form empirical Bernstein confidence sequences for scalars and matrices https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.21300 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2512.21300 https://arxiv.org/html/2512.21300

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Dissonance

1. a state of disagreement or conflict 2. a harsh, discordant combination of sounds; a lack of harmony among musical notes Note: Cognitive dissonance is defined as "the state of having inconsistent thoughts, beliefs, or attitudes, especially as relating to behavioral decisions and attitude change."

@chudbabies.bsky.social

there's literally nowhere for me to connect online, nowhere to connect i.r.l.
Yeah, this premise, "then you'll have to connect with your imagination in writing," is so absurd when suffering such extremes of cognitive dissonance from gas-lighting.
so frustrating.

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