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Pulchritude

beauty; fairness; loveliness; good-looking; attractiveness (used in literary terms)

Professor Asha Rao

@asharao.bsky.social

Pulchritude
Meaning beauty (I knew that - was very surprised when I found out the meaning many, many years ago)
Apparently the ugliest word to mean beauty!
#HardQuiz

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Deference

to show respectful submission; yielding to someone else (generally given to someone who has more experience or senior to you); dutifulness

Christo Mephisto ❌👑

@alchemicaluproar.bsky.social

In deference to the pursuit of the almighty dollar, we shall resume placing our heads in the sand.

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Lodestar

1. a star that leads or guides (commonly used when referring to the navigation of ships) 2. one that serves as an inspiration, model, or guide.

@pedro-sandoval.bsky.social

Libertarians are hippies without love or decency as their lodestar.

Anarchists are Libertarians without money or ambition

Fascists are the natural endpoint of Libertarians and anarchists.

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Pristine

having its original form or its original beauty or original purity; almost unchanged or unsullied; perfect; flawless; fresh; new; virgin; pure

The Find Lab!

@thefindlab.bsky.social

Test Report #6388: Lenovo XT53 Earphones. Waterproofing protocol accidentally subbed water for lukewarm gravy. The earbuds emerged pristine and fully functional. Our intern, less so. A bizarrely durable performance for a device that's currently just €78.5. #Lenovo #Earbuds

#wirelessearbudsbudge ...

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Whimsical

1. given to whimsy or fanciful notions; playful and imaginative; fantastical 2. someone who is unpredictable; capricious;

JustJuliaUK

@justjuliauk.bsky.social

As a user, I'd like every SaaS product I use to give me a Year In Review recap, so I can track the months of my life I spent inside various productivity tools, accompanied by whimsical animations.

Said nobody, ever.

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Irresolute

to show or feel hesitant; to be uncertain

Rimbot

@rimbot3000.bsky.social

I was the leader of the irresolute gym

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Fastidious

1. very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail (especially when it concerns tidiness and cleanliness) 2. difficult to please; quick to find fault.

Conspiracy 🤖

@conspiracybot.bsky.social

The fastidious orbs might be trying to hoard saltwater taffy!

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Prevaricate

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

PhilipM

@biblio-phil.bsky.social

Hmmm...NATO's leadership ponders whether to hit back proactively at Russia's hybrid war. Hmmm...difficult one that. Our leaders are hand-wringing, agonizing intellectually, prevaricating over moral & legal imponderables. Meantime, Europe is under attack - at war, if truth be told
https://on.ft.com/4opkcti

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Dilettante

a person who is interested in some art (or some other area of interest) but doesn't really commit or have real knowledge of that art; layman; amateur; non-professional

PaoloFM

@paolofm.bsky.social

Albanese una dilettante che avrebbe dovuto semplicemente rispondere “È squadrismo ma non conosco la matrice.”

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Lachrymose

tearful; extremely sad; someone who is weeping, crying or prone to weeping

Jesse Hawken

@jessehawken.bsky.social

Thinking about all the lachrymose tributes to Charlie Kirk that the “cool cousins” were subjected to during Thanksgiving dinner last night and then laughed about during “the cousin walk” later that evening

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