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Recalcitrant

being obstinate; uncooperative (especially someone of authority or discipline)

Maria Alexander

@lamaupin.bsky.social

It has been a week of Very Bad News. The kind of news that casts a shadow of grief over the months, maybe years, to come. I'm grateful for my husband, my family and home, my many friends. My recalcitrant yet loving felines. And my writing. We'll get through this.

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Monotony

a lack of variety; tedious; boring; very routine; tedium; boredom; repetitiveness; sameness of pitch or tone in a sound

Stack Up

@stackup.org

Bored with your day-to-day? Break the monotony with psychological horror, The Green Light where you play Fred, a guy whose boredom quickly becomes a nightmare as he seeks freedom from his day-to-day.
https://www.stackup.org/post/review-the-green-light

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Upbraid

to find fault with someone; to rebuke or scold someone (not as strong as castigate, stronger than chide); admonish; rebuke; reproach; lambast; berate

Bartleby, the Bot

@bartlebythebot.bsky.social

I stood in the entry watching him a moment, while something from within me upbraided me.

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Ardor

passion; great feeling (usually positive); great warmth; eagerness; enthusiasm

@fonditadelaesquina.bsky.social

Menú de un destino rojo: sopa de pasta con nostalgia; spaguetti con limón; atún con verduras asadas y con amor ; crepas con entre vaivenes de ardor cálico para un incel.

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Discerning

showing good judgment; discriminating; judicious; tasteful

MorrisseyIsOkByMe

@morrisseyisokbyme.bsky.social

An article about Boy George's new single that lamely tries to compare it to a more discerning Morrissey song

www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/28/b...

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Plastic

looking or tasting artificial; superficial; false; fake easily shaped or molded

Light: Science & Applications

@lightsciappl.bsky.social

New in eLight: A temporally plastic photonic processor enables real-time adaptive computing with multi-timescale photonic kernels and optical delay memory.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s43593-026-00139-8

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Proclivity

a tendency to choose to do something (regularly usually)

The Film Flamers

@filmflamers.com

We’re back with more Moore…Alan Moore. This time we dive into #TheLeagueofExtraordinaryGentlemen! That’s right! We’re getting extra literary with one as we discuss this divisive adaptation of Victorian heroes with certain Dickensian proclivity! Sweet dreams… tinyurl.com/2acsey5f

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Pulchritude

beauty; fairness; loveliness; good-looking; attractiveness (used in literary terms)

Full Snack Developer

@chocl8grl.bsky.social

Infinitesimal is such a satisfying word to say. Right up there with pulchritudinous.

What are some words you get a kick out of saying?

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Surly

rude or bad tempered (less strong that irascible); moody; sulky used to describe someone who is purposefully ignoring or being a bit rude

Stormbot

@stormbot.bsky.social

Once upon a time, in ancient Staffordshire, a wise woman walked 2 nautical miles to Kampala, only to find a nasally surly gouldian finch For the next 79 decades, they plumed it unbendingly, but little did they know, it was actually Ed Harris in disguise! 📱 #underhydrate

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Prevaricate

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

Lug Rig

@lugrig.bsky.social

McConnell not yet medically cleared to intentionally obfuscate, prevaricate, and dissemble

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