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Florid

1. having a red or flush complexion 2. excessively intricate or elaborate

Sunsette / Cynthia Skye

@sunderedmarches.com

I am *remarkably* more tolerant of unnecessary, whimsical verbal flourishes in text than I am videos.

[Five florid sentences to express half an idea, but it was mildly clever]

How droll, you!

[One minute to discuss an idea that could go in ten seconds]

SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP ALREADY GOOD GOD

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Judicious

having, exercising, or characterized by good judgment; wise and careful in decision making; prudent

Zeeshan Aleem

@zeeshanaleem.bsky.social

I wrote about how leaving behind police abolition and “cancel Thanksgiving”-type rhetoric are judicious moves and speak to a positive development among democratic socialist politicians. www.ms.now/opinion/aoc-...

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Toady

a person who behaves obsequiously to someone important

Jingo78

@jingo78.bsky.social

Please Republicans!! Nominate the my pillow guy, Mike Lindell. His brain is as lumpy as his pillows. He's a Trump kind of toady !!

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Garrulous

excessively talkative; talkative; loquacious

A Slovenia Memoir

@sloveniamemoir.bsky.social

Brown-eyed, strong Roman and garrulous Andrej invite us to visit the waterfall.

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Facetious

to treat serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor or to be flippant; glib; flippant; sardonic; mischievous;

lightbeloveddbbd.bsky.social

@lightbeloveddbbd.bsky.social

Their biggest mistake?
Labeling her a prostitute and identifying themselves as clients on television.
They believed they were being facetious or smart placing the words in their own mouths.
https://share.google/aimode/S66JMJ4iDvmkRbVq5

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Relegate

to send or put in an inferior position, place or condition; downgrade; lower; put down; move down

Phil McRightBack

@friedkintfg.bsky.social

Just occurred to me both full backs are Rafa signings, the fella who wanted to relegate us

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Sardonic

characterized by bitter, scornful mocking; characterized by extreme and negative sarcasm; grimly mocking or cynical

Matt G. ♾️

@artistsince05.bsky.social

post a character that could easily beat Homelander's ass

I bet Luz can genuinely outsmart Homeland's sardonic attitude.

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Pedantic

overly perfectionist; too fussy over minor details

Chris Towers is Overreacting To Small Sample Sizes

@cptowers.bsky.social

Went and checked the transcript, and unless there’s a different part that I missed, it appears you have misquoted me!

I said Veen and Esmerlyn Valdez were not top-100 prospects before their debut. Which is true unless you want to be pedantic and miss the point.

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Prevaricate

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

Mr.Kranky

@mrkranky.bsky.social

This’ll test the Met’s hard-won reputation for lies, deceit and prevarication on behalf of the hard right.

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Restive

unable to stay still or silent and becoming increasingly difficult to control (usually happening because of impatience, boredom or some sort of dissatisfaction) alternative definition exclusively when describing a horse: refusing to advance; stubornly standing still; moving backwards or sideways

Pawel Frelik

@nomad93.bsky.social

ListeningNow restive-plaggona.bandcamp.com/album/restiv...

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