#wordnerd

@merriam-webster.com added oodles of new words recently, including "neckbeard," which includes a quote from @chuckwendig.bsky.social. Love that! #WordNerd #ScienceFiction

This #goanna #lizard would be a big nope from me. . #wordoftheday #wordnerd #edutainment #dictionary @spejampar.bsky.social

Such a poofy #goldenretriever puppy. #wordoftheday #dictionary #wordnerd #edutainment @spejampar.bsky.social

my next poolside reading hour book has arrived 🎉 #booksky #wordnerd #pooltimereading #seattlesummer 📚 @dannybate.com (recommended by @jesszafarris.com and @robwords.com) 🛍️ @powells.bsky.social 👕 @itscodes.codyshipman.com

The #gilamonster is a terrible name but also the only venomous lizard native to the US. I did a report on them in junior high so I was an expert over 30 years ago. #wordoftheday #dictionary #wordnerd #edutainment @spejampar.bsky.social

My boyfriends were serenading me outside my bedroom window this morning. The Merlin app is the best app. I like supporting the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. #birdnerd #wordnerd

Neues Wort gelernt! Stümper, der: männliche Person, die ihr Fach nicht beherrscht #wordnerd #deutschespracheschönesprache #jedesworteinkleinod

A memory of mine from 3 years ago: Just learned that the phrase is "just deserts", with one 'S', but it *is* pronounced "desserts" (and not desert) and it does mean "to get what one deserves". Nice and confusing. #WordNerd

That "betray's" with thr f---in' apostrophe ruins it for me. #wordnerd

Obviously I couldn't resist buying today this Portuguese Arabic dictionary/pronunciation guide from 1935. (It was also only €3.) #WordNerd

That's the whey it works, white? :D #WordNerd

The #globefish (#pufferfish) is truly a unique creature. And look at that skeleton! #wordoftheday #wordnerd #edutainment @spejampar.bsky.social