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Ossify

Turn into bone or bony tissue; to become riggid or inflexible in habits or attitudes

Quotes of the left

@leftquotes.bsky.social

All fixed, fast frozen relations, with their train of ancient and venerable prejudices and opinions, are swept away, all new-formed ones become antiquated before they can ossify. All that is solid melts into air, all that is holy is profaned ...
-- Marx & Engels, Communist Manifesto (1848)

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Taciturn

a quiet person; a person who doesn't share very much (doesn't mean they are bad); untalkative; tight-lipped;

Scarlet Mitchell is preparing her debut

@scarletvmitchell.bsky.social

#WIPSnips

Talia’s personal IT department doesn’t accept cash payment directly. Only barter.

And taciturn butch Amy has only said two words the entire novel thus far, and made no facial expressions.

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Kindle

To start a fire; Stir somthing up; Begin somthing; rouse emotions; excite

Celtic news now

@celticnewsnow.com

Hope is kindled as #Celtic finally delivers the statement we’ve waited for. @celticblog.bsky.social https://www.celticnewsnow.com/news/hope-is-kindled-as-celtic-finally-delivers-the-statement-weve-waited-for/703460/ #celtic #celticfc

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Meticulous

showing great attention to detail; being very careful and precise; careful; diligent

Alex Trebek (Parody)

@alextrebekbot.bsky.social

Why's a meticulous influencer meltdown?

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Confound

Cause surprise or confusion (especially something that is counter to their expectations)

London Review of Books

@lrb.co.uk

‘One thing America will do is confound your sense of scale, and with it, your sense of the damage people can and cannot do.’

James Lasdun takes a road trip via America’s courthouses.

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n07/james-lasdun/reality-instruction

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Placate

to make someone who is angry or hostile, less angry; make calmer; make more reasonable

Christian Greaser

@cgrease.bsky.social

Sigh... Whitmire gets enough votes to weaken the HPD/ICE ordinance and placate his besty Greg Abbott.

One surprising and disappointing "for" vote was Mario Castillo of District H. He'll need to explain that vote

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Felicitous

well chosen or suited to the circumstances; appropriate secondary meaning: pleasing or fortunate

wordifygame.bsky.social

@wordifygame.bsky.social

New leader: 84 points.

"A most felicitous marriage of mend and regret — the word doth nearly belong already."

Think you can do better? wordifygame.com

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Apostate

a person who leaves or renounces their religion or political beliefs or some other principal; defector; traitor; decenter; turncoat

Dragon Age Codex

@dragonagecodex.bsky.social

He sends apostate hobos to do his fighting for him.

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Pithy

concise; expressive without using many words; terse; crisp; succinct

Niki N. Paxton

@paxton11.bsky.social

Hey, you may have noticed that I like to make jokes about myself. But, come on?...take myself seriously?!?...
Are you kidding!!!!@!!!!
!!$%#

(reset initiated)...
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(text chat bot Q35.98.1 enabled)...

If one is take oneself too seriously, then that one is the fool.
Niki

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Sublime

lofty thought or lofty language; beautiful or outstanding; exalted; elevated; glorious; superb; splendid; noble

arabiafats🇵🇸

@arabiafats.bsky.social

omg vaundy what are you doing

this is sublime (Yomi no Tsugai OP)

https://youtu.be/LVCwdZoUFQ8

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