https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleeping_Beauty_problem

what is the purpose of this thought experiment

because it sounds intriguing, but then again, it sounds like bullshit

One of my friends told me that scientists haven't quite shown why sleep, of all things, rejuvenates the body.

We know it WHY it rejuvenates the body, but we don't know how. Apparently.

Meta's sense of humor.

Ghosts.








:^)

Well, I can grasp why someone would want to have a kid, to be honest.

What I CAN'T understand is why a woman would want to give BIRTH.

ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR GODDAMN MIND

"You're a fucking head ."

ily google translate

>Afrikaans

Bad Verb, use a civilized tongue.

غرامة ، أمي

wit duiwel, wit duiwel

Fury Road is a contemporary example of the two meshing well together.

If by "well", you mean "fucking brilliantly".

do you have any peers offline with whom you discuss these matters with, or are you alone

perhaps your parents?

It's good to know I've been using penultimate in the correct manner all this time. I've had several people, in an almost vituperative manner,  tell me I was using it incorrectly. I am experiencing schadenfreude at the thought of them committing the gaucherie of using penultimate incorrectly.

A+

I think it is super strange to hear a black person with an English accent. Is it just me or does that sort of bother anyone else?

a black guy with a scottish accent is even worse

thanks tf2

if i could remove one movie from existence

it would be frozen

Sort of late edition. Thinking about cutting this down and making it weekly instead (I would also have, like, twenty words, alphabetized and categorized for your convenience. Tell me what you think).

Let's just get right to it, then.

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Antepenultimate - /AN - tee - pen - UHL - teh - met/
Derived from the Latin ante meaning "before", pen meaning "almost". "Ultimate" is derived from the Latin ultima, meaning "last".

"Penultimate" is a word that so many people misuse. No, it's not a more extreme form of "ultimate". Of course, whereas "ultimate" means "last" (as in, the last in a long series of things), "penultimate" means "second last". So, you can probably take a guess what what antepenultimate means. It's the third last in a series. For example: This term is, indeed, the antepenultimate word on this list! Aren't I fucking clever?

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Vituperative - /vy - TOO - per - (uh) - tiv/
[vituperate] [vituperating] [vituperates] [vituperated] [vituperatively]
From the Latin vituperātiō, meaning "to censure".

Another favorite of mine. I have a thing for v-words. Anyway, it means to be like me--verbally abusive. And, that's about it. Simple definition, beautiful word. Vituperatively, I upbraided my sister for her misbehavior. Don't forget that it can be used as a verb, though: If you vituperate your authorities, you're going to get yourself in trouble.

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Gaucherie - /GOH - sher - ee/
[gaucheries] [guache]
Derived from the French gauche, meaning "left".

Here's a French word that ties together nicely with the German fremdschämen. When you exhibit gauche behavior, you're awkward. You're high-fiving when they wanted a handshake. Gaucherie is essentially the noun form of that. When you drop your groceries, you're committing a gaucherie. Or, better yet, when you hug someone for just a little bit too long. Or when you laugh a little bit too hard at someone's bad pun, and now you look passive-aggressive. We all know what these are like. They're gaucheries. Another nice addition to anyone's vocabulary.

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Bonus words:
The word for fourth last? Preantepenultimate.
Fifth? Propreantepenultimate.

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I don't know any more beyond that. Scram.

it's too dark