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i’m not sure, but i think i like it. safety DOES require avoiding unnecessary conversation.

also: i’m seeing a lot of the phrase “rictus grin” on the internets (perhaps because it is a band name), and i’d just like to point out that the correct phrase is “rictal grin,” which is much better. the end

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so maybe they were a little off, but at least the theory had some good effects. it’s science! at its finest.

noun. the action or process of redesigning something

get ready. it’s (probably) coming (eventually).

like… the internets!! or… malkovich! dun dun dunnnn

(i find that this word gets used weirdly a lot. so i’m setting all you fools straight. malkovich)

exclamation. expressing extreme anger, annoyance, or contempt

because four-letter fortnight just isn’t complete without some reference to the taboo. also, because i really wanted to link to qwantz. twice.

and that concludes it, folks. time for me to get lazy and forget i have a website again.

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or

noun. a surgeonfish that occurs around reefs and rocky areas, where it browses on algae

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if it ain’t full tang don’t bring it ’round here!

yesterday’s word. more four-letter excitement later today

verb. cover (an object) with hoarfrost

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i always find myself wanting to play this in scrabble, and then i convince myself it’s not a word. but it is! and now i will remember, ’cause look how awesome this stuff is.

everyone loves a word with no vowels/only schwas. or maybe that’s just me?

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who knew?

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sometimes geniuses know things without knowing they know them. geniuses, apparently, know what a tarn is.

sidenote: all words coming from old norse are good. (perhaps odin is sneakily telling the geniuses about tarn?)