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Fallacious

based on a mistaken belief

WordBot

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Word of the Hour: Crocodile - A fallacious dilemma mythically supposed to have been first used by a crocodile. #WordOfTheHour #WordOfTheDay

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Agog

very eager or curious to hear or see something full of intense interest or excitement*

Tasting Table

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The term "Omaha cake" might be unfamiliar to you, but one Redditor's reminder about this old-school dessert had Reddit foodies agog over the simple sweet.

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Assuage

to make less strong; to make less severe; to make milder; to sooth; to ease

MobiQuotes

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The power of prayer is so profound that it can assuage our emotions. It calms the mind, dilutes all our worries, gives an anchor to fears and endows us with a remarkable peace of mind.

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Oscillate

1. to move or swing back and forth 2. to swing or vary between different opinions or beliefs; waver; alternate; yoyo; seesaw; wobble

geeknik

@geeknik.bsky.social

Time crystals didn’t break the rules—they changed the map. ⏳
Ground state moves, Goldstone isn’t massless, symmetry = transport across Fock spaces.
No-go theorems fail if time itself is a gauge choice. Reality oscillates, legally.
journals.aps.org/prl...

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Bombastic

high sounding, pompous, pretensious, overinflated (commonly used when refering to speeches)

Smiling Fiend

@tantrumbarb.bsky.social

never seen the spongebob musical but i like to imagine squidward has a song like the arbiter in chess where hes just shouting "IM SQUIDWARD... YES I AM SQUIDWARD...." over a bombastic big band piece

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Obsequious

a flatterer; a sycophant; someone who only tries to be really nice because they think they are going to get something from it

The New Yorker

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Peter Navarro’s aggressive sycophancy in Donald Trump’s first term foretold how everyone around the President would behave in the second, Ian Parker writes. Navarro is the template for the Administration’s obsequious officials. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/12/29/peter-navarro-profile

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Symbiosis

when there are two organisms living in close proximity to each other and by associating with each other they have an advantage (ex. bacteria in your stomach)

Jeremy "abiding in the fields" Yoder 🌲⭐️🐑🌙🌟🌲

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A widely-used class of herbicides can disrupt initiation of the legume-rhizobia nitrogen fixation symbiosis— but rhizobia strains vary in their susceptibility to that disruption

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Luminous

full of light; bright or shining (especially in the dark); when a color is very bright it almost hurts your eyes; glowing; gleaming; lustrous

きらきら星太郎

@kamabokohatibi.bsky.social

Luminous…☺️✨️

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Bolster

1. a long thick pillow that is often placed under other pillows 2. to support; prop up; to strengthen

WBRZ News (Unofficial)

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With thousands of visitors expected in New Orleans this holiday season, state leaders are deploying the National Guard to bolster security, but the move is drawing mixed reactions from residents and taxpayers.

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Ingratiate

to try and win favor by flattering someone or trying to please them (perhaps even giving a gift).

Felix Sylvestris

@felixsylvestris.bsky.social

The World Cup in America will be a really big bad mistake. FIFA must take full responsibility for what will happen.
Falling over themselves to ingratiate themselves with the child rape capital of the world.

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