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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.

BYCTOM

@byctom.bsky.social

people using "the big game" euphemism for the super bowl need to specify the big football game, otherwise i will assume they are alluding to Northwestern-Iowa men's basketball

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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

@europe-africa.bsky.social

Fiber Cement Facade Panels Market in Western Africa | Report – IndexBox

https://https://www.europesays.com/africa/71077/

Executive Summary The Western Africa fiber cement facade panels market is positioned at a critical juncture, shaped by…

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Exacerbate

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

White House Watchdog

@whitehousewatchdog.bsky.social

Economist Peter Schiff warns that Trump's latest economic threat could exacerbate an already dire affordability crisis.

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Opaque

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

Ink Opaque

@ink-opaque.bsky.social

Popgun has OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED that being low ink banned is NOT A REQUIREMENT for midlevel. From now on ink opaque will be referring to ourselves as an “estimated div 9 midlevel team” #compsplatoon #highdivsplatoon

https://www.twitch.tv/iplsplatoon/clip/HumbleWrongShrewFunRun-dFPQ3t2gXQKH2Iav

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Beguile

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

DegrowthUK

@degrowthuk.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy

Ireland: multi-site tour.
February 2026: 99th Day Book Tour | Gerry McGovern https://gerrymcgovern.com/tour/

“An epic, pulling together the many huge challenges facing our generation.”
Fidelma O’Kane, Save Our Sperrins
“This is a masterful book, brilliant in its clarity and beguiling in its […]

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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)

Iain Mew

@superchartisland.com

#TheTenx5 Day 8

Lana Del Rey - Video Games
(2011, 🇺🇸)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE6w...

I love the swooning romance and also the gradually more obvious unreliable narrator, with the anachronism of it all just one clue

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Leery

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

Kuna ✨Vgen Comms open!✨

@twinstarsco.bsky.social

I hate...when my messages send when I just want to start a new linneee 😭
I get so leery of typing whether it's my phone or tablet

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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)

Cover Drive 🏏

@judeet44.bsky.social

OMG the races down a tortuous icy track on a tin tray have started.... #WinterOlympics

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Resolute

to be purposeful and determined

Clarence

@varsityathlete.bsky.social

Gonna sound soppy, but am genuinely delighted for everyone who attended today’s WSL match to be walking away from the ground, after witnessing a resolute Arsenal team see out a 1-0 win and well-earned clean sheet, due to a goalscorer named Smith.

Football Heritage.

This foggin club.

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Candid

to be truthful and straightforward; frank

MobiQuotes

@mobiquotes.bsky.social

The snapshots in CHINA: Portrait of a People are not meant to be works of art. I was too preoccupied with participating, with reveling in the moment, to worry about their perfection. Their purpose, then, is to form a candid portrait of China exactly as China presented itself to me.

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