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Obstinate

to be stubborn; refusing to change one's opinion, idea or course of action

349 drawings of a lemon.

@softplop.bsky.social

I have a theory that golden retrievers and cavaliers are descended from the same obstinate wolf and that's why they always try to sit while being groomed

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Belie

when an appearance fails to give the true notion of something; contradict; be at odds with

melencholia ᴵ

@kiersau.bsky.social

In your dreams, a tall figure in a golden mask spoke to you: Lord Nerevar Indoril, Hai Resdaynia! Long forgotten, forged anew! Three belied you, three betrayed you! One you betrayed was three times true! Lord Voryn Dagoth, Dagoth Ur! Steadfast liegeman, faithful friend, bids you come and climb Red

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Foment

to instigate or stir up (usually something undesirable); provoke; agitate; fan the flames

Big Dave From Philly

@bigdavefromphilly.bsky.social

@kedseconomist.com This you? I've seen videos lately where larger interviews are taken out of context to foment hostility on a generational basis. Is that happening here? https://www.facebook.com/reel/2089364445331724

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Trenchant

to be vigorous or incisive in expression or style; having energy; to be vigorous; cutting incisive or keen (more often used)

Coach Nat Fan Club President

@donachaidh.bsky.social

Am I crazy or has Landon Donovan become one of the best and most trenchant critics of the US Soccer Federation?

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Puerile

childishly silly or trivial; immature; infantile; babyish

eben (躺平; Tang-Ping era)

@automax.bsky.social

lawn-care is the most overtly puerile bullshit that is always everywhere around us and yet we act like it represents the summit of some personal economic achievement rather than an 11-year old boy’s summer job and a form of conspicuous consumption

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Potentate

A person who has great power (ex. king, ruler, dictator)

Kerouac666

@kerouac666.bsky.social

I listen to The Dollop podcast and they’re doing a thing where they try to listen to one ep of Joe Rogan, an interview with Theo Von, and I don’t understand how anyone can listen to it. Joe Rogan’s voice has fallen into this kind of lazy potentate wavelength that oozes contempt.

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Livid

incredibly angry; enraged; infuriated; outraged

SolveForGenX

@solveforgenx.bsky.social

Really haven’t seen enough Marisa Tomei content on BlueSky and I’m livid

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Beguile

charm or enchant (someone), sometimes in a deceptive way

Improbable Maps

@improbablemaps.bsky.social

The map's form: veining
It shows: risk
Its purpose: to beguile

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Transgression

act that goes against a law or rule; offense; crime; sin

Amigo de Frodo

@bpdflores.bsky.social

Proverbs 10,19
In multilóquio non déerit peccátum;
qui autem moderátur lábia sua, prudentíssimus est.

When words are many, transgression is not lacking,
but he who restrains his lips is prudent.

En el mucho hablar no faltará pecado; el que frena sus labios es sensato.

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Indolent

to be lazy; to want avoid activity or exertion; lazy; idle; slothful; loafing; languid; sluggish; lethargic

第一の手記.

@talesofmacabre.bsky.social

granting no space to think or feel, why did the soft, indolent earth thus greet me with the shock of a steel plate? did the soft earth turn to steel only to show me my own softness? that nature might bring home to me

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