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Fitfully

not regularly or continuously; intermittently*

Middlemarch Bot

Middlemarch Bot

@middlemarchbot.bsky.social

The ladies also talked politics, though more fitfully.

-- Book VIII, Chapter LXXXIV

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Anachronism

A thing belonging to a period other than that in which it exists (especially something that is conspicuously old-fashioned)

Robin D. Laws

Robin D. Laws

@robindlaws.bsky.social

The word sibling, in its current meaning of “brother or sister” is anachronistic before 1903.

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Apposite

apt in the circumstances or in relation to something.*

Ian King

Ian King

@twoht.bsky.social

The feed of the World Cup opening ceremony that was on Iplayer last night was such a weird, dream-like piece of broadcasting, and in its own way completely apposite for the Cursed World Cup.

unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/the-feed-o...

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Indefatigable

persisting tirelessly

Austin Miller

Austin Miller

@austinmillerwcad.bsky.social

The indefatigable @jonarnoldfc.bsky.social joined me on WCAD to recap the #USMNT’s best performance since… + more from day 2 of the World Cup:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/20DD3jdfd3MV1tgPMfIcu9?si=rdKuBEuSShiCv0MzG02VOQ

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Sagacious

having good judgment; shrewd; intelligent; wise (typically attained through experience; not book-smart)

Tristram Lennard

Tristram Lennard

@tristramlennard.bsky.social

I guess @australia.theguardian.com will follow this up with sagacious navel gazing from Gerry Harvey in coming days. 🙄

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/14/how-to-reverse-declining-birth-rates-the-guy-from-jims-mowing-has-a-theory-and-its-unusual

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Avarice

excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greed for wealth*

@penguinfury.bsky.social

Las Vegas shouldn’t exist. It’s a gauche monument to the avarice and rapaciousness of capitalists. It’s an environmental disaster, and a moral blight on the country (which is saying something at this point). Anyway, LV sports teams should lose in perpetuity.

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Cupidity

a strong desire or greed for money or possessions

hi their

hi their

@mikemay.bsky.social

Obfuscating cupidity

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Laconic

(of a person, speech, or style of writing) using very few words.

Whistling Batter

Whistling Batter

@whistlingbatter.bsky.social

Lodolo, stoic and laconic.

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Gouge

to make a hole or grove with a curved blade; to dig or force out with a tool; too overcharge

Dee 🦋🦋

Dee 🦋🦋

@do60een.bsky.social

People, wake up!! This is no longer inflation. We are being gouged in everything we buy.

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Attenuate

To weaken; make less strong; to reduce in force, intensity, quantity or even value; to make thin or slender

BehavEcolPapers

BehavEcolPapers

@behavecolpapers.bsky.social

Attenuated conditioned taste aversion for sucrose in female #mice with a history of chronic low-dose ethanol exposure. bioRxivpreprint

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