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Mendacity

untruthfulness; tendency to lie*

Hawkeye 🚫👑 💙👊🏼

@dontdeflect.bsky.social

Given the mendacity of every public-facing member of this this administration …

… yes, the motorcade ABSOLUTELY damaged the new coating of the reflecting pool.

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Opine

to formally state something as your opinion; to suggest; to declare; to comment; to remark; to put forward

Patrick Leder

@patrickleder.bsky.social

May I opine about Spirit Island?

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Digression

a temporary departure from the main subject

@digiranma.bsky.social

Uh...so...why are we having this digression? #ONEPIECE

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Cupidity

a strong desire or greed for money or possessions

JL Kaufmann

@jlkaufmann.bsky.social

When I was still on FB I'd post a list of Things I Love About The USA on this day.

Alas today I am mostly going to be popcorn-eating my way through reports of ongoing fiascos of disorganised stupidity, cupidity, and vapidity. Dear American pals, I am so sorry. Please stay home with a cold drink.

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Laconic

(of a person, speech, or style of writing) using very few words.

Big John 😼

@completetripe.bsky.social

Jack Webb being all laconic on the radio. For all of that, they still didn’t catch the holdup man.

#Dragnet.

(Also Danica Patrick reckons she’s a proud ant.)
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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

✦ the boy's savior

@goodbyesirius.bsky.social

It’s alright if it’s only for a moment, just touch my heart. I hoped you would forgive this weakness. Ah, I hope this gouged out heart isn’t covered in scars.

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Attenuate

To weaken; make less strong; to reduce in force, intensity, quantity or even value; to make thin or slender

ES/IODE

@esiode.bsky.social

📃Scientific paper: Accelerometer measurement error in a randomized physical activity intervention trial in breast cancer survivors was nondifferential but attenuated the intervention effect

Ref.: BioMed Central, 2025

➡️ Continued on ES/IODE

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Parry

1. to ward off, physically, a weapon or an attack with some sort of counter 2. you evaded or dodged something (in verbal context)

Islands

@islandsmagazine.bsky.social

Parry Sound is Canada's "Jewel of the 30,000 Islands" and a cottage country Great Lakes town with plentiful outdoor fun and Blue Flag beaches.

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Irascible

easily angered; characterized by anger; easily irritated; short-tempered; crabby

hourly nie huaisang(*´∀`)♪

@huaisanghourly.bsky.social

Should his cultivation come to fruition, he would become more irascible by the day and end up like his older brother and all those that had come before him: berserk and dying alongside a saber that would curse the world after his death.

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Rustic

1. relating to the countryside or rural (usually used in a positive manner) 2. having a simplicity or certain type of charm relating to the countryside 3. simple; unsophisticated

Lancaster Farming

@lancasterfarming.bsky.social

Lancaster Farming's Margaret High shares the joys of growing black raspberries, plus a favorite spiced jam recipe that balances rustic flavor with fewer seeds.

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