ecru
(en)
(noun) beige
177
hoary
(en)
(adjective) gray or white with or as if with age / (adjective) extremely old; ancient
205
subscribing to some hoary ideal of seriousness of subtlety at the expense of the obvious
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6 years, 8 months ago
subscribing to some hoary ideal of seriousness of subtlety at the expense of the obvious
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6 years, 8 months ago
sconce
(en)
(noun) a bracket candlestick or group of candlesticks / (noun) an electric light fixture patterned on a candle sconce / (noun) head skull / (noun) a detached defensive work
239
screaming realtor from every sconce & track-light
unknown
6 years, 8 months ago
screaming realtor from every sconce & track-light
unknown
6 years, 8 months ago
sylph
(en)
(noun) an elemental being in the theory of Paracelsus that inhabits air / (noun) a slender graceful woman or girl
243
Vanya, soft and sylph-like and porcelain
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6 years, 8 months ago
Vanya, soft and sylph-like and porcelain
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6 years, 8 months ago
rarefied
(en)
(adjective) being less dense / (adjective) of, relating to, or interesting to a select group; esoteric / (adjective) very high / (verb) to make rare, thin, porous, or less dense; to expand without the addition of matter / (verb) to make more spiritual, refined, or abstruse / (verb) to become less dense
246
access to the rarefied discourses of gender identity
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6 years, 8 months ago
access to the rarefied discourses of gender identity
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6 years, 8 months ago
simony
(en)
(noun) the buying or selling of a church office or ecclesiastical preferment
274
the simony of the offset
Cory's fear about her event
uncertain
6 years, 8 months ago
the simony of the offset
Cory's fear about her event
uncertain
6 years, 8 months ago
bourgeoisie
(en)
the middle class, typically with reference to its perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes
275
her recent doubts that her essentially commercial event was nothing more than yuppified pollyanna bourgeois activism
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6 years, 8 months ago
her recent doubts that her essentially commercial event was nothing more than yuppified pollyanna bourgeois activism
notable
6 years, 8 months ago
cremora
(en)
I think this is a NESTLE non-diary creamer?
276
A cremora of rage exploded in his mind.
why is this not capitalised? is everyone just supposed to know what this is?
unknown
6 years, 8 months ago
A cremora of rage exploded in his mind.
why is this not capitalised? is everyone just supposed to know what this is?
unknown
6 years, 8 months ago
bricolage
(en)
(noun) construction (as of a sculpture or a structure of ideas) achieved by using whatever comes to hand / (noun) something constructed in this way
283
The usual teen bricolage of contempt & template identity: parallel cuts on my thighs, IM convos about suicide & atheism, calling other people "normies", reading Burroughs, Bataille, Poppy Z.
cue traumatic flashbacks to reading Ayn Rand + early Reddit + Paul Graham and swallowing the whole "normie" dogma
confirm
6 years, 8 months ago
The usual teen bricolage of contempt & template identity: parallel cuts on my thighs, IM convos about suicide & atheism, calling other people "normies", reading Burroughs, Bataille, Poppy Z.
cue traumatic flashbacks to reading Ayn Rand + early Reddit + Paul Graham and swallowing the whole "normie" dogma
confirm
6 years, 8 months ago
amanuensis
(en)
(noun) one employed to write from dictation or to copy manuscript
284