Adam Sharp
@adamcsharp.bsky.social
1. Writer (https://www.adamsharp.me/)
2. Obsessed with lists
3. COMMON PEOPLE
4. THE CORRECT ORDER OF BISCUITS
5. THE WHEEL IS SPINNING BUT THE HAMSTER IS DEAD (http://geni.us/yDxa)
2. Obsessed with lists
3. COMMON PEOPLE
4. THE CORRECT ORDER OF BISCUITS
5. THE WHEEL IS SPINNING BUT THE HAMSTER IS DEAD (http://geni.us/yDxa)
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Adam Sharp
@adamcsharp.bsky.social
· Oct 19
My latest book is a collection of idioms, proverbs and slang from around the world. It's called The Wheel is Spinning but the Hamster is Dead and in the UK you can get it from these places (geni.us/yDxa). Outside UK, Blackwell's do free/fast international delivery... blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
Yeah she mentioned that and was raving about your session
February 9, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Yeah she mentioned that and was raving about your session
There’s a modern Swedish word, skämskudde, which is a pillow that you use to cover your face in an embarrassing situation (for example, a sex scene in the middle of a film you’re watching with family). You could translate it as “shame pillow” or, if you prefer, “cringe cushion.”
February 9, 2026 at 2:15 PM
There’s a modern Swedish word, skämskudde, which is a pillow that you use to cover your face in an embarrassing situation (for example, a sex scene in the middle of a film you’re watching with family). You could translate it as “shame pillow” or, if you prefer, “cringe cushion.”
Was in Hebden Bridge (such a lovely place) with @drkatherinelucyg.bsky.social this weekend. I hope your titles make it to every part of the globe
February 9, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Was in Hebden Bridge (such a lovely place) with @drkatherinelucyg.bsky.social this weekend. I hope your titles make it to every part of the globe
The Chinese word for oxymoron, 矛盾語, means “spear and shield word.” It refers to a story of a weapons merchant who claimed he had both shields no spear could pierce and spears that could pierce anything.
February 5, 2026 at 5:40 PM
The Chinese word for oxymoron, 矛盾語, means “spear and shield word.” It refers to a story of a weapons merchant who claimed he had both shields no spear could pierce and spears that could pierce anything.
A list of seven oxymorons...
1. Pretty ugly
2. Fairly unjust
3. Kind of mean
4. Charm offensive
5. Microsoft Works
6. Government intelligence
7. Fun run
1. Pretty ugly
2. Fairly unjust
3. Kind of mean
4. Charm offensive
5. Microsoft Works
6. Government intelligence
7. Fun run
February 5, 2026 at 5:34 PM
A list of seven oxymorons...
1. Pretty ugly
2. Fairly unjust
3. Kind of mean
4. Charm offensive
5. Microsoft Works
6. Government intelligence
7. Fun run
1. Pretty ugly
2. Fairly unjust
3. Kind of mean
4. Charm offensive
5. Microsoft Works
6. Government intelligence
7. Fun run
Until they actually find a way to make goblet squats include wine I’m just going to stick to doing my long favoured type of squat… diddly.
February 5, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Until they actually find a way to make goblet squats include wine I’m just going to stick to doing my long favoured type of squat… diddly.
My favourite Hungarian phrase for describing karma at work is dexr is visszanyalt a fagyi. It means “the ice cream licked back.”
February 4, 2026 at 1:48 PM
My favourite Hungarian phrase for describing karma at work is dexr is visszanyalt a fagyi. It means “the ice cream licked back.”
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Icelandic uses various animal poop in insults. Examples: Sparðatíningur (lamb poop picking) = you’re nitpicking. Kríuskítur (arctic tern poop) = you’re super pale. Tittlingaskítur (small bird poop) = doesn’t matter/small fry. Taðskegglingur (horse poop beard) = you’ve such a bad/nonexistent beard.
The meanings of seven different types of animal poop in English…
7. Apeshit = angry
6. Batshit = unhinged
5. Bullshit = lies (or unfair)
4. Horseshit = bigger lies (or totally unfair)
3. Chickenshit = cowardly
2. Dogshit = inferior quality
1. Catshit = what you do when someone throws a ball at you
7. Apeshit = angry
6. Batshit = unhinged
5. Bullshit = lies (or unfair)
4. Horseshit = bigger lies (or totally unfair)
3. Chickenshit = cowardly
2. Dogshit = inferior quality
1. Catshit = what you do when someone throws a ball at you
February 3, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Icelandic uses various animal poop in insults. Examples: Sparðatíningur (lamb poop picking) = you’re nitpicking. Kríuskítur (arctic tern poop) = you’re super pale. Tittlingaskítur (small bird poop) = doesn’t matter/small fry. Taðskegglingur (horse poop beard) = you’ve such a bad/nonexistent beard.
A Catalan phrase that describes a situation where things go badly despite many people helping is set eren que l'agontaven i encara pixava tort. It means “seven were holding his dick, and still he was pissing crooked.”
February 3, 2026 at 3:42 PM
A Catalan phrase that describes a situation where things go badly despite many people helping is set eren que l'agontaven i encara pixava tort. It means “seven were holding his dick, and still he was pissing crooked.”
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The meanings of seven different types of animal poop in English…
7. Apeshit = angry
6. Batshit = unhinged
5. Bullshit = lies (or unfair)
4. Horseshit = bigger lies (or totally unfair)
3. Chickenshit = cowardly
2. Dogshit = inferior quality
1. Catshit = what you do when someone throws a ball at you
7. Apeshit = angry
6. Batshit = unhinged
5. Bullshit = lies (or unfair)
4. Horseshit = bigger lies (or totally unfair)
3. Chickenshit = cowardly
2. Dogshit = inferior quality
1. Catshit = what you do when someone throws a ball at you
September 5, 2024 at 4:40 PM
The meanings of seven different types of animal poop in English…
7. Apeshit = angry
6. Batshit = unhinged
5. Bullshit = lies (or unfair)
4. Horseshit = bigger lies (or totally unfair)
3. Chickenshit = cowardly
2. Dogshit = inferior quality
1. Catshit = what you do when someone throws a ball at you
7. Apeshit = angry
6. Batshit = unhinged
5. Bullshit = lies (or unfair)
4. Horseshit = bigger lies (or totally unfair)
3. Chickenshit = cowardly
2. Dogshit = inferior quality
1. Catshit = what you do when someone throws a ball at you
The meanings of seven different types of animal poop in English…
7. Apeshit = angry
6. Batshit = unhinged
5. Bullshit = lies (or unfair)
4. Horseshit = bigger lies (or totally unfair)
3. Chickenshit = cowardly
2. Dogshit = inferior quality
1. Catshit = what you do when someone throws a ball at you
7. Apeshit = angry
6. Batshit = unhinged
5. Bullshit = lies (or unfair)
4. Horseshit = bigger lies (or totally unfair)
3. Chickenshit = cowardly
2. Dogshit = inferior quality
1. Catshit = what you do when someone throws a ball at you
February 3, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Alanis Morissette’s Ironic, but more literary…
🎵And isn’t it Byronic
Don’t you think
It’s like Twain on your Hemingway
It’s a free McBride when you’ve already Kincaid
It’s the Malcolm Pryce that you just didn’t take
And Hughes would’ve thought, Dave Eggers🎵
🎵And isn’t it Byronic
Don’t you think
It’s like Twain on your Hemingway
It’s a free McBride when you’ve already Kincaid
It’s the Malcolm Pryce that you just didn’t take
And Hughes would’ve thought, Dave Eggers🎵
February 3, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Alanis Morissette’s Ironic, but more literary…
🎵And isn’t it Byronic
Don’t you think
It’s like Twain on your Hemingway
It’s a free McBride when you’ve already Kincaid
It’s the Malcolm Pryce that you just didn’t take
And Hughes would’ve thought, Dave Eggers🎵
🎵And isn’t it Byronic
Don’t you think
It’s like Twain on your Hemingway
It’s a free McBride when you’ve already Kincaid
It’s the Malcolm Pryce that you just didn’t take
And Hughes would’ve thought, Dave Eggers🎵
February 3, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Alanis Morissette’s Ironic, but more literary…
🎵And isn’t it Byronic
Don’t you think
It’s like Twain on your Hemingway
It’s a free McBride when you’ve already Kincaid
It’s the Malcolm Pryce that you just didn’t take
And Hughes would’ve thought, Dave Eggers🎵
🎵And isn’t it Byronic
Don’t you think
It’s like Twain on your Hemingway
It’s a free McBride when you’ve already Kincaid
It’s the Malcolm Pryce that you just didn’t take
And Hughes would’ve thought, Dave Eggers🎵
Author names that became adjectives include Kafkaesque, Shakespearean and Byronic (and isn’t it Byronic, don’t you think?).
Here are 10 suggestions for new ones…
1. Woolfish
2. Dickish
3. Orwell-endowed
4. Austentacious
5. Mannic
6. Audenary
7. Dahlicious
8. Remarqueable
9. Seusspicious
10. Poetic
Here are 10 suggestions for new ones…
1. Woolfish
2. Dickish
3. Orwell-endowed
4. Austentacious
5. Mannic
6. Audenary
7. Dahlicious
8. Remarqueable
9. Seusspicious
10. Poetic
February 2, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Author names that became adjectives include Kafkaesque, Shakespearean and Byronic (and isn’t it Byronic, don’t you think?).
Here are 10 suggestions for new ones…
1. Woolfish
2. Dickish
3. Orwell-endowed
4. Austentacious
5. Mannic
6. Audenary
7. Dahlicious
8. Remarqueable
9. Seusspicious
10. Poetic
Here are 10 suggestions for new ones…
1. Woolfish
2. Dickish
3. Orwell-endowed
4. Austentacious
5. Mannic
6. Audenary
7. Dahlicious
8. Remarqueable
9. Seusspicious
10. Poetic
I shall now go to look it up!
February 2, 2026 at 1:25 PM
I shall now go to look it up!
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This is who runs this account.
February 1, 2026 at 2:49 PM
This is who runs this account.
I very much now wish to read this - immediately putting it at the top of my “publishes in the next year or two wishlist” (alongside Richard Heart Julianne by @ronanhession.bsky.social)
February 2, 2026 at 11:05 AM
I very much now wish to read this - immediately putting it at the top of my “publishes in the next year or two wishlist” (alongside Richard Heart Julianne by @ronanhession.bsky.social)
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This is who runs this account
February 2, 2026 at 3:48 AM
This is who runs this account
That was my sartorial high point I think, along with this dungaree-sandal combo…
February 1, 2026 at 8:53 PM
That was my sartorial high point I think, along with this dungaree-sandal combo…
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This is who runs this account:
February 1, 2026 at 1:24 PM
This is who runs this account:
Just now finished Where You Once Belonged by Kent Haruf (oof what a gut punch of an ending) and about to start Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
January 31, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Just now finished Where You Once Belonged by Kent Haruf (oof what a gut punch of an ending) and about to start Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
I’ve also heard it as ‘Well THIS won’t get the baby ironed!’
January 31, 2026 at 10:54 AM
I’ve also heard it as ‘Well THIS won’t get the baby ironed!’
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My favourite way of saying “we’re on it” or “we’ll take care of that for you” is the Dutch we zullen dat varkentje wel even wassen. It means “we will certainly get that piglet washed.”
January 30, 2026 at 10:59 AM
My favourite way of saying “we’re on it” or “we’ll take care of that for you” is the Dutch we zullen dat varkentje wel even wassen. It means “we will certainly get that piglet washed.”
I hadn’t heard this before but very happy to learn of it - thank you!
January 30, 2026 at 11:32 AM
I hadn’t heard this before but very happy to learn of it - thank you!
My favourite way of saying “we’re on it” or “we’ll take care of that for you” is the Dutch we zullen dat varkentje wel even wassen. It means “we will certainly get that piglet washed.”
January 30, 2026 at 10:59 AM
My favourite way of saying “we’re on it” or “we’ll take care of that for you” is the Dutch we zullen dat varkentje wel even wassen. It means “we will certainly get that piglet washed.”