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Mister Slang
@misterslang.bsky.social
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Slang Lexicographer.
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misterslang.bsky.social
Add a little eau de vie de framboise to your Campari-soda and enhance them both. Would theoretically be pinker too, but for the eau de vie resisting its raspberry base and remaining steadfastly crystalline.
November 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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eleanormorton.bsky.social
Pitching new versions of A Christmas Carol in 2025
www.youtube.com/shorts/IqZrB...
Pitching new versions of a Christmas Carol in 2025
YouTube video by Eleanor Morton
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:44 AM
misterslang.bsky.social
Thanks to @lynneguist.bsky.social + @stancarey.bsky.social for a fine 'amuse-geule' for the day. But nothing lasts, work crooks an imperious digit, and back we go to slang's take on exchanging gobs of bodily fluids via Dr Simes' Dict. Lang. of Sex & Sexuality. For results see GDoS now + next update.
November 28, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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julianwalkerslt.bsky.social
New titles for the season. Via StuffLikeThatbooks.carrd.co We'll be at the creative Makers market Walthamstow 6th Dec, Valentines Mansion 7th Dec, and Pineapple pub 14th Dec. With Bonestone Jewellery too.
November 28, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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plkleinauthor.bsky.social
"The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog." ~ #MarkTwain
November 27, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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sandy174.bsky.social
😢 MELIA will spend her second Thanksgiving at the shelter. She wants a home for Christmas. She can live with cats, no dogs. Low traffic home, adult only. Needs training. Please adopt her. 😢

Hempstead Animal Shelter
(516) 785-5220
[email protected]
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
November 27, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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teaandtoastie.bsky.social
7 months ago she was abandoned by her first humans, 7 months ago she didn’t really have a name. 7 months ago she was so scared of humans

Spud today has been with her forever home for 7 months now, Spud has a name and Spud is not afraid of humans anymore 😭❤️
November 27, 2025 at 8:32 AM
misterslang.bsky.social
PS . Peter G will noit require this, but sere means dry and withered and often appears alongside 'grey' to denote old age. No, not exactly current. But for me it is at least one word of all such years that remain.
November 25, 2025 at 9:56 AM
misterslang.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/m...
MAGA Meltdown?
Why the Republicans are in serious trouble
open.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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weratedogs.com
This is Scotchy. He is here to collect the belly rub toll. Would like to remind you that failing to pay results in a fine of even more belly rubs. 12/10 (TT: scotchythedoxie)
November 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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marcdavenant.bsky.social
I spent hours yesterday at the tent encampment behind the Adelphi in London and as a result have sent this open letter with a plea for a meaningful intervention to
Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk
Adam Hug @adamhug.bsky.social
@matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social
@paulabarkermp.bsky.social and Bob Blackman
A plea for a meaningful intervention - Adelphi tent encampment London Dear Paula, Bob and Matthew I wanted to thank you again for facilitating the display of my Outsiders exhibition on homelessness inside Parliament last year. The touring exhibition has now had over 120,000 visitors and continues to tour. Matthew I really valued our conversation about homelessness in the exhibition space - it was clear to me then that you really understood the issues and were determined to do something meaningful to address the problems. Dear Adam and Sadia You don't know me, but I am a documentary photographer who works with marginalised communities and uses photography to highlight social inequality. You can see something about the Outsiders project on homelessness and substandard housing here https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cnOdqk4req0o Dear All Five of the participants in Outsiders have now died while experiencing homelessness. Since I stopped the photography in 2022 the situation has become exponentially worse both in London and in the other cities which I covered during the project. One of the most noticeable changes has been the development of tent encampments and I am writing to all of you about the encampment which is currently behind the Adelphi in London. I believe plans are being drawn up to get an injunction to clear the encampment without any meaningrut Intervention to address the problems laced by the community there. It seems to me that it is an extraordinary situation that in the wealthiest borough, in one of the wealthiest countries in the world, these people are struggling to survive against all the odds and not receiving the support needed to transition them out of homelessness and help them become productive members of society. As a society we are defined by how we treat the poor. Regardless of the legal position I believe that we all have a moral and ethical responsibility towards those who have fallen through the gaps and ended up experiencing homelessness. The people in this encampment are vulnerable and marginalised. The women have all been sexually assaulted or subjected to violence while sleeping rough in London. They rely on the men in the encampment for their safety and if the camp is simply cleared, they will end up back on the street with no safety net, likely being subjected to ongoing sexual abuse and exploitation. People in the camp have both mental and physical health needs which need to be addressed. One has diabetes, has open sores on his legs and is likely to suffer amputations, blindness and possibly death via diabetic coma unless this is addressed. There are mental nean ana suostance abuse chauenges as wel. However overa nis is a close knit communit wrich nas become ponded togeter ov the power of a shared experience. Disbanding the camp with no plans for transitioning the occupants into a stable home would be cruel and irresponsible. The people in the camp also rely on their dogs to provide emotional support. One of the worst things about sleeping rough is being ignored and treated like something less than human. Having something to love and which will love you back unconditionally can be the difference between life and death for someone in their situation. All of them have been told they will have to give up their dogs to get support. I believe that to be an inhumane and unreasonable position to take. There is a desperate need for a multidisciplinary intervention with this camp. If you bulldoze it you will break the bonds within the community ana simply move the problem somewnere else. It isn t a solution to what nas become a nuge problem tor society and is a test for your humanity as the people with the power to change things. Collectively you control billions in spending, control the public policy on homelessness and housing and do have the power to intervene and ensure a positive outcome for the people in this camp. I have attached some portraits taken yesterday and would urge you to look at them and consider how you would feel if they were members of your family who had fallen on hard times. I know that with a sweep of a pen you can simply have them moved on but would ask you to consider whether there is a different approach and who gains from simply sweeone unese oroolems under ine caroet. Experience has taught me to have very low expectations when it comes to asking for support like this in a society which knows the price or everything ana the value or little, but i belleve that you are all good people who came Into public service with the best of Intentions and hope you can find it in your hearts to help. Thank you all for reading this and I hope something can be done. Best Marc Davenant
November 24, 2025 at 11:57 AM
misterslang.bsky.social
couple of variants on ‘Down & Out’ a Black toast c. 1970. Jim/John Crow is, given that 'he' is a hype', i.e. a junkie, is a needle. But does anyone know more? Doesn't fit with usual ‘Jim Crow’ meaning.
November 23, 2025 at 2:45 PM
misterslang.bsky.social
The Ukraine Peace Plan
open.substack.com/pub/mrandrew...
The Ukraine Peace Plan
Donald Trump's White House is a moral vortex
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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stancarey.bsky.social
"The AI industry’s most important product at this moment is not a chatbot or a video generator; it’s the story the AI industry is telling about itself"
www.theringer.com/2025/11/04/t... #AI
How Catastrophic Is It If the AI Bubble Bursts? An FAQ.
The AI industry's most important product is not a chatbot or a video generator; it's the story the AI industry is telling about itself
www.theringer.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:08 AM
misterslang.bsky.social
Co-ed Jim Lambert asked ChatGPT-5 if AI wd benefit from GDoS.
‘Short answer: yes — and his work is unusually well-positioned to be valuable for future AI systems, not obsolete.’
My work provides 'ground truth'.
Looked: neither OED/Merriam have def. of 'well-positioned' = 'stealable'.
November 20, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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ledbydonkeys.org
The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
misterslang.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/susannaf...
“Milady slept in a bed without sheets”
One unlocatable address in Paris. Such stories!
open.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:54 PM
misterslang.bsky.social
In the tradition of ‘Dogs in Slang’ and ‘Cats in Slang’, here's #3: ‘A Slang Christmas Dinner’. Printing now, avilable soon from stufflikethatbooks.carrd.co.
You won’t be able to keep it down.
An old illustration of a boy under attack from a goose which, perhaps unhappy at its fate, has seized his left leg. He is wearing a paper hat in honour of the book's content: A Slang Christmas Dinner.
November 17, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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bouletcorp.bsky.social
Je déclare ouverte ma liste personnelle de one-panel-comics préférés.
Pour marquer sa subjectivité elle commencera par la Joconde des one-panel, à savoir "Cow Tools", par Gary Larson.
Une vache à l'air sérieux se tient debout devant une table sur laquelle sont posés des outils grossiers. Il y a une ferme en arrière-plan. La légende dit juste: "Cow tools".
November 15, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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bouletcorp.bsky.social
Goossens à nouveau.
On voit un bar parisien typique, mais avec des livres au lieu de bouteilles. Des gens attablés sont en train de lire. Au comptoir, un ivrogne mal rasé, entouré de piles d'ouvrages, tape du poing sur le zinc. Le barman, contrarié, est en train d'essuyer un livre avec son torchon et le réprimande: "Ça suffit Raymond, t'as assez lu comme ça. Rentre chez toi."
November 16, 2025 at 10:26 AM
misterslang.bsky.social
Time for a subtack: open.substack.com/pub/jonathon...
A short ramble through slang's use of (some) proper names (below: 'Cooter Brown')
The Proper Improper
Naming Slang's Names
open.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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dorklordcanada.bsky.social
I can never hear or see something about the extreme right Proud Boys without remembering that "proud boy" is a term for a gelding that doesn't realize it's been neutered and keeps acting like a stallion. So do with that info what you will. *sips coffee*
November 14, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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weratedogs.com
This is Archie. He's deaf and doesn't hear when his humans get home. Luckily, his little brother Frankie lets him know with a gentle nudge to make sure he doesn't miss the moment. 14/10 for both (TT: melissamilne)
November 13, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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chrisgrey.bsky.social
Coming on a dismal, dark wet day this is a really depressing read but, unfortunately, it's all true.
iandunt.bsky.social Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 15d
A week of chaos, cowardice and negligence: Labour has managed to pack so many failures into a single five day period that it's becoming difficult to remember all the details iandunt.substack.com/p/a-week-of-...
A week of chaos, cowardice and negligence
Labour has managed to pack so much failure into a single week that it becomes hard to remember all the details.
iandunt.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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earlymodernjohn.bsky.social
No more noble British tradition than resigning over some nonsense everyone is only pretending to be angry about rather than all of the actually bad things you've done.
November 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM