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[–] technomad@slrpnk.net 32 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Damn, that last one got me.

[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's the exact word they use for one of the signs of depression. You may want to look into that. Things can be better.

[–] OrderedChaos@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

That and life can train you to not trust your experiences as well.

[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 18 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] cerement@slrpnk.net 13 points 4 months ago

“Home, home on the range,
Where the deer and the antelope play,
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word,
And the skies are not cloudy all day.”

[–] WadeTheWizard@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Frigorific sounds like a PG version of fanfuckingtastic

[–] ech@lemm.ee 4 points 4 months ago

Elliot Reid when she's fed up.

[–] TootSweet@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

"Adventitious" is a good word. It means:

  1. Arising from an external cause or factor; not inherent.
  2. Of or belonging to a structure that develops in an unusual place. "adventitious roots."
  3. Added extrinsically; not essentially inherent; accidental or causal; additional; supervenient; foreign.
[–] LostXOR@fedia.io 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I thought frigorific was a term for a mixture of chemicals that stays at a constant temperature. Never heard of the other definition, interesting.

[–] iturnedintoanewt@lemm.ee 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

As a Latin tongue speaker, most of these (all the previous comics too!) are super common ways to call things in our languages (Portuguese, Spanish, French, Italian). I find it rather curious seeing English speaking people finding these words bizarre (well except for the last one this time, that one i never saw before).

[–] mmhmm@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 months ago

As an English speaker I can say a lot of these words are used, but it depends a lot on the speakers literacy level