Transcendentalism was the last one I learned I think.
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"tarnstellung" is a German word specifically for when an owl adopts a concealing posture and pulls their feathers really close to their body.
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I love owls so this was a fun fact for me to learn.
"tarnstellung" is a German word specifically for when an owl adopts a concealing posture and pulls their feathers really close to their body.
I love owls so this was a fun fact for me to learn.
I love owls so this was a fun fact for me to learn.
I only remember one recently learned word:
[b]Suffuse-[/b] gradually spread through or over
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Schadenfreude - satisfaction or pleasure felt at someone else's misfortune
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Ngl reading this made me laugh because it reminded me, of all things, it was The Amazing World of Gumball that introduced me to that word.
I only remember one recently learned word:
Suffuse- gradually spread through or over
Ngl reading this made me laugh because it reminded me, of all things, it was The Amazing World of Gumball that introduced me to that word.
Suffuse- gradually spread through or over
Whysperkit wrote on 2024-11-10 19:13:54:
Schadenfreude - satisfaction or pleasure felt at someone else's misfortune
Ngl reading this made me laugh because it reminded me, of all things, it was The Amazing World of Gumball that introduced me to that word.
I was just recently reminded of the word pareidolia. I remember first learning about it in middle school and being really fascinated with the phenomena that the word describes, since I had experienced it so much but never had a word to describe it. The word describes an optical illusion of seeing human faces or bodies where there are none, such as seeing a tree and thinking it has the silhouette of a woman, or a piece of bread appearing to have a human face.
Here's some examples of it:
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I was just recently reminded of the word pareidolia. I remember first learning about it in middle school and being really fascinated with the phenomena that the word describes, since I had experienced it so much but never had a word to describe it. The word describes an optical illusion of seeing human faces or bodies where there are none, such as seeing a tree and thinking it has the silhouette of a woman, or a piece of bread appearing to have a human face.
Here's some examples of it:
Here's some examples of it:
x ~~ BITE THE HAND THAT FEEDS ~~ x
x ~~ CHEW UNTIL IT BLEEDS ~~ x
x ~~ CHEW UNTIL IT BLEEDS ~~ x
Gruntled - the opposite of disgruntled. Means pleased, satisfied and contented
Gruntled - the opposite of disgruntled. Means pleased, satisfied and contented
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"Eclosion", the act of emerging from an egg or cocoon.
...yep, it's one of the new Everlux genes that introduced me to this word.
...yep, it's one of the new Everlux genes that introduced me to this word.
"Eclosion", the act of emerging from an egg or cocoon.
...yep, it's one of the new Everlux genes that introduced me to this word.
...yep, it's one of the new Everlux genes that introduced me to this word.
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I was watching a stream recently and learned from one of the chatters the word “Amygdala”… which is the name of a gland in your brain that makes you feel emotion, apparently.
There’s another, more recent one, but I forgot what it was.
There’s another, more recent one, but I forgot what it was.
I was watching a stream recently and learned from one of the chatters the word “Amygdala”… which is the name of a gland in your brain that makes you feel emotion, apparently.
There’s another, more recent one, but I forgot what it was.
There’s another, more recent one, but I forgot what it was.
     
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Defenestration - The act of throwing someone out a window.
Defenestration - The act of throwing someone out a window.
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Noctifer - a Latin word which means night bringer. Basically the opposite of lucifer; light bringer.
Noctifer - a Latin word which means night bringer. Basically the opposite of lucifer; light bringer.
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