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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

Truthout

@truthout.org

Trump is facing a choice: Ending the war with Iran, which is tanking his popularity and the economy, or continuing his deference to Israel.

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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.

CD-Arts/Carlondonovan

@cdontarts.bsky.social

Lodestar!!!

This must be My perfect Redesign for Lodestar #Ben10Fanart #ben10art #ReviveBen10 #ben10omniverse

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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

10 Dogs You've Never Seen Get So Big In Your Life!!

@doesntallfontsso.bsky.social

aneurysm is too small to be imaged or was – again – a misdiagnosis. MRI looks pristine. what the af.

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Fetid

extremely offensive odor; foul; stinking; acrid; malodorous (almost always used for a smell)

Liz Conor

@lizconor.bsky.social

Racists smell bad. Has anyone else noticed? It could be BO from heightened emotion and agitation, or toxic bile from their resentment but they always stink of a fetid mix of stale decay. And facists, my god, it’s like something crawled up their arses and died

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Whimsical

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

mimi || moved in!!! 🎊

@yumemimir.art

maintaining and polishing one's own media literacy is punk and alt and based and goated because they want us to be stupid and malleable but i refuse to be anything other than hot and smart and whimsical and amazing.

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Surfeit

an excessive amount of something; glut; abundance; too much of something

S.G. Sarmiento

@chavinsky.bsky.social

Good take.

"The end of the Cold War brought not a peace dividend. Rather, it unleashed a surfeit of greed and hubris."

The “End of History” Illusion, via #substack
https://open.substack.com/pub/savageminds/p/the-end-of-history-illusion?r=cxsm&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

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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.

Frater's Ghoulette

@elvenashes.bsky.social

Me as a young parent: Cosplay with my small children is fun! I hope they love it when they grow up 🥰

Me as a parent to teens who are somehow MORE fastidious and stressed than I as they race around getting their costume pieces ready when we should have already left: Oh...goodie.

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Prevaricate

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

Hugzee

@hugzee.bsky.social

Stop prevaricating, Pip #TheArchers

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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

adelaide.

@ill-omens.itch.io

That being said
Hashtag proud dilettante
You bet your ass ill try a hobby on a whim and set it aside when im not as interested why wouldn't I wanna try more things always

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Polyglot

a person who knows and uses several languages

French Tone

@frenchtone.bsky.social

It’s an interesting statistic that Lukaku is in fact the first polyglot not to score a goal with his first touch at a World Cup!

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