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maybe i can have a nail art career if linguistics doesn’t work out

Is this the best translation of キラキラネーム ever?!

The 2025 Word of the Year is "slop," both as a noun for low-quality AI-generated content and as a combining form for anything of little value. Read the full press release. #WOTY2025 #ADS2026 #LSA2026
americandialect.org/2025-word-of...

it’s that time of year again 🐦🐦

just realized shelled is a contranym

Hey Linguists Over A Certain Age: according to etymologynerd, we don't study the effects of social media algorithms on language change because we "find it hard to keep up with the fast pace of language change"

Green background with three white globes showing different aspects of earth (top to bottom Asia/Oceania, North and South America, and Africa and Europe). Around each globe are the words 'Happy World Linguistics Day! November 26th'.

Happy World Linguistics Day! Celebratory days take off when groups of people decide to make them happen so... let's see how many different locations we can get world linguistics day wishes from this year!

A signup form for a dating site, showing two options under "I'm a" that are "Bouba" and "Kiki" and below that, an "Interested In" section that has the options of "Boubas", "Kikis", "Both"

signing up for the hot new linguistic dating site

And THAT'S how you sell a dictionary.

A pika sits on a mossy rock.

Tighter crop of the same pika, focusing on its head.

An even tighter crop, focusing more on the pika's eye.

An extremely tight crop of the pika's eye, emphasizing their reflection of an early morning mountain scene.

"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?"

Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.

linguistics

A labubu (so labelled) and a spiky labubu (labelled lakiki)

@superlinguo.bsky.social @gretchenmcc.bsky.social saw this and thought you'd appreciate it.

Screenshot of Etymologynerd on Facebook with video talking about how many „GenZ slang” words supposedly originate on 4chan, listing „weeb”, „troll”, „dank”, „fap” among others.

Despite this guy’s claims, „troll”, „shitpost” and „fap” are older than 4chan, at least. „Troll” (first attested in 1993) and „shitpost” (1994) from Usenet, „fap” from the webcomic Sexy Losers (1999). 4chan was created in 2003.

Ironic given how he talks about forgetting where words originate.

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Southern Resident killer whale J39 Mako surfaces in Haro Strait on July 14th after being away from inland waters for over 10 weeks

Welcome home, J-Pod.

75 days after their last confirmed sighting in inland waters, Js made a surprise appearance and went north up Haro Strait this afternoon. We did see both J62 and J63 🫶🏻

📷: J39 Mako off the west side of San Juan Island on July 14th

#whalesky #orcas #srkw

but recursion

you are lactose intolerant

lol so true

which one is compling

A movie poster for "Bouba's Delivery Service", where Kiki (the witch) has been replaced by the round figure usually associated with bouba in the classic linguistics experiments "kiki and bouba"

@lingthusiasm.bsky.social

i must share this *kiki*’s delivery service that i drew a couple of months ago:

just had the realization that a good plot twist and a good linguistics paper satisfy the same part of my brain

me every time i try to teach myself real semantics

my first woty! \o/

The American Dialect Society Word of the Year: RAWDOG

To rawdog: taking on life without the usual protection, preparation, or comfort. Whether it’s diving into a challenge unprepared or skipping the safety net, rawdogging is about embracing risk, stone-cold sobriety, and rolling with it. #LSA2025

the bird that shall not be named

not a robot

if ur a fan of him you should watch the good place!
even though he has maybe 1 brain cell there

congrats!!!!!

hi

Every single word is translatable because any human can understand any human experience