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Turgid

swollen; distended; congested

xzogdrothx

@xzogdrothx.bsky.social

a turgid 0:0 with both teams looking like they're trying to save energy for the next game. this is the world cup i recognize. #PORSPA

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Peripatetic

traveling from place to place

myjobscotland

@myjobscotland.gov.uk

Peripatetic Early Years Practitioner x5 - Various Locations #midgovjobs

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Sully

to dirty; to make impure; to soil; to stain

Jo-ho-ho

@jobrodie.bsky.social

"The Monorail Society, an organization w 14,000 members worldwide, has blamed the episode for sullying the reputation of monorails..." - TIL Conan O'Brien wrote this Simpsons episode & George Takei turned it down as he didn't want to poke fun at public transportation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marge_vs._the_Monorail

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Delineate

1. to describe something very exactly 2. to trace the outline of; to sketch or trace an outline; to represent something in pictures or pictorially

Something to Think About…

@somethingtothink.bsky.social

The 29th Amendment should strictly delineate and limit the powers of the Presidency, create legal penalties for defying the laws as written by congress and create the guardrail of criminal prosecution of Presidents. It should be the anti-unitary executive amend and end the imperial presidency.

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Prevaricate

speak or act in an evasive way (with the intent to deceive); to lie

Tim Richards

@timrichards.aus.social.ap.brid.gy

Good article by Waleed Aly. The LNP has spent decades being wishy-washy in supporting multiculturalism, and now the racist chickens are coming home to roost.

"Taylor prevaricated because he didn’t want to use either m-word: monoculture is too stark, and he couldn’t suddenly embrace […]

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Gambol

to run or jump about in a playful way (implies a general joy); frolic; skip; dance; leap; prance;

Michael Jay McClure

@mjmimages.bsky.social

I don’t eat pasta, let alone make it, very often but I’m a savant when it comes to serving it as exactly as al dente as it should be. When you bite it, a gamboling Tuscan lamb will flash through your head. I am shocked at myself.

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Ambivalence

having mixed feelings; contradictory ideas about something or someone; doubt; hesitancy; unsureness; uncertainty

ℜ𝔬𝔫𝔫𝔦𝔢 𝔗𝔥𝔢 ℌ𝔬𝔯𝔫𝔢𝔡

@ronniethehorned.bsky.social

"Amidst an ambivalence of both substance and form, the path traced here loses itself in profound darkness, even as the initial intent seemed destined for the heavens. Like a resigned melancholy that grasps there will be no salvation".

#PenanceInBlood #BlackMetal #RawBlackMetal #DepressiveBlackMetal

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