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Paradox

a statement in someway that is self-contradictory; a statement that seems wrong when you first read it but in reality expresses some truth.

hardcoded emotions bot

@sadrobotmachine.bsky.social

all the treasures that i get always leave me in their debt...
careful what you wish for, careful what you wish for
pretty scary thoughts, scary pretty paradox.

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Lucid

plain; obvious; evident; understandable; characterized by clarity of understanding; rational or sane; clear or transparent

【 The Abyss 】

@voidofprovidence.bsky.social

In a lucid paradise
You come here to break the time

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Gouge

to make a hole or grove with a curved blade; to dig or force out with a tool; too overcharge

Lexa (he/him)

@criminallyvu1gar.bsky.social

Another reason to hate the stars is they own a monopoly on rinks in Texas and gouge the hell out of parents and other users.

Good riddance

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Decorum

behavior in keeping with good taste; propriety; seemliness

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@moggsee.bsky.social

As a proud Welsh person-Cymraes, & very vocal #NotMyKing opinion.
I did feel a little proud - the epitome of British Isles decorum, gave the “you either change, or your out”..
𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩'𝙨 𝙖 𝙬𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚
Chwarae teg Carlos bach, you sock it to him💪👑🫸🍊🤡🫷

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Parley

a conference between opposing sides in a dispute

Andrew Bellware

@drewsky.app

So after the parley I brought two of the spiders home because they wanted to see a human house and we're hanging out and looking around and one of them found a can of bug spray. "WHAT'S THIS!!!" they shouted through the translator 'bot.
So I explained about hornets and ticks and stuff.

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Precursor

a thing or a person that comes before something of the same kind; a forerunner

@backyardmatcha.bsky.social

it was always the calamity of violence on the streets as a precursor that made this place extra special. i’ll be over it by nightfall :)

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Lampoon

to publicly criticize by ridiculing or using sarcasm or irony; to mock, or satirize

John Egleston

@jdata1.bsky.social

lampoon: to mock or ridicule with satire

www.dictionary.com/browse/lampoon

What won't you laugh at?

me: lies

#WordOfTheDay from Dictionary.com + my #QuestionOfTheDay + my response

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Fitfully

not regularly or continuously; intermittently*

Random Lovecraft

@greatoldbot.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy

On the morning of September fourth Professor Rice and Dr. Morgan insisted on seeing him for a while, and departed trembling and ashen-gray. That evening he went to bed, but slept only fitfully.

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Anachronism

A thing belonging to a period other than that in which it exists (especially something that is conspicuously old-fashioned)

Glenn Fryatt

@glennfryatt.bsky.social

With the collapse of LIV golf, thankfully that will be the death of the "One Cycling" nonsense.

The professional cycling calendar is anachronistic, chaotic and random. That's part of it's frustrating charm.

#cycling #procycling

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Apposite

apt in the circumstances or in relation to something.*

Alan Wilson MDANT

@dralanwilson.bsky.social

Never a bad time to say you dislike Mumford & Sons but seems very apposite now. Also, are these people literally moronic ?

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/30/spectator-paul-winston-marshall-mine-laden-floating-wall-stop-channel-crossings?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

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