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Euphemism

A mild or indirect word or expression that is sustituted for one that is considered to be more harsh or blunt.

camus toe 🌸

@missyouonpurpose.bsky.social

"crime fighting" is a special euphemism for scapegoating

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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

Claire Boardman

@claireboardman.bsky.social

"Professor Rebecca Madgin at the University of Glasgow frames this as arriving “at a critical juncture as we search for ways to grow the economy whilst at the same time needing to nurture wellbeing”. Heritage, properly understood and utilised, offers a route to both."

https://tinyurl.com/3z6nvkyh

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Exacerbate

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

@319th82nd.bsky.social

Why do they keep saying we need more kids, while all the while screaming about a housing crisis? We aren't willing to house the people we already have, we don't need to exacerbate that problem if we aren't willing to fix it.

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Opaque

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

Abu Aardvark

@abuaardvark.bsky.social

“Gulf capital is flooding into Syria's airports, telecoms, and water systems through opaque concessions — before the transitional government has built the regulatory institutions to manage it.” Syria desperately needs investment and reconstruction but it’s rough.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/guneyyildiz/2026/02/09/saudi-arabias-syria-bet-3-billion-before-the-rules-exist/

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Beguile

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

MobiQuotes

@mobiquotes.bsky.social

Far more beguiling than the idea that evil can be destroyed by throwing a piece of expensive jewelry into a volcano is the possibility that evil can be defused by talking. The fantasy of justice is more interesting than the fantasy of fairies, and more truly fantastic.

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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."

NECH

@newchallenger.bsky.social

I never played harmony of dissonance but man this game is also kinda wack lol. Not circle of the moon wack but not even close to aria or sotn

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Leery

to be cautious or wary due to some realistic suspicions you have; guarded; wary; careful

@sbmakesstuff.bsky.social

We watched Queens of the Dead tonight and I really enjoyed it. I'm always a little leery of drag in pop culture and the ways that it can get squeezed into a cis-het friendly shape but, to use Amabel's words, this felt like it had an authentic queer texture.

Also, holy crow, Dre. 🔥

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Tortuous

full of twists and turns (typically used to describe winding dangerous roads) excessively long and complex (typically describing a convoluted argument)