#wordplay — Public Fediverse posts
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As I have always been convinced that abuse of Words, has been the great instrument of Sophistry and Chicanery — of party, faction and Division in Society.
John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
Letter (1819-03-31) to J. H. TiffanyMore info about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/36295/
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Female gaze mails male gays, baits male gaze; female gays' gaze gates no way. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrDML1ZaNaM
Idk, there's something in there. OH!Hey! Hays hates, hazes gays; Hays gates gays' gaze. Gays train blame game (fame), gain grace. Hays laid hate-bait, days say "Nay, ain't great," and rein place shame.
Came they late, the lay debate brays same: Gay gaze may stay!Omfgggg Ouran High School Host Club but Uranian -> Ouranian.
https://www.lgbtqandall.com/lgbtq-terms-to-avoid-and-what-to-use-instead/#LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #LGBTQIA2S #LGBTI #LGBTIQ #queer #gay #lesbian #sapphic #achillean #uranian #ouranian #broic #neptunic #alexic #alexandric #eres #eresian #WordSalad #HashtagGames #rhyming #assonance #alliteration #nonsense #wtf #fun #funny #creative #literary #WordPlay
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CW: Discworld Trivia
#Vetinari gets his name from the #Medici, real life city state rulers. Vet. Medic.
https://www.reddit.com/r/discworld/comments/5ukl4v/comment/ddvswr2/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3From the same topic:
#Pseudopolis Yard is where the pseudo-police of the Disc meet.
and:
I've always taken this to imply pseudo city, or fake city.
and finally:
Also along those lines: Uberwald is a combination of two German words, "Uber" meaning around/across (in a sense) and "Wald" meaning forest.
If you roughly translate those words to Latin, you get "Trans" and "Sylvania". That one took me a while.#TerryPratchett #GNUTerry #etymology #fiction #writing #puns #pun #wordplay
