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The Vulgar Tongue<p>DAVID'S SOW. As drunk as David's sow; a common saying</p><p>A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)</p><p>--<br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/dictionaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictionaries</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>society</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/slang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slang</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span></p>
The Vulgar Tongue<p>COLT BOWL. Laid short of the jack by a colt bowler, i.e. a person raw or unexperienced in the art of bowling.</p><p>A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)</p><p>--<br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/dictionaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictionaries</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>society</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/slang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slang</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span></p>
The Vulgar Tongue<p>DRAUGHT, or BILL, ON THE PUMP AT ALDGATE. A bad or false bill of exchange. See ALDGATE.</p><p>A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)</p><p>--<br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/dictionaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictionaries</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>society</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/slang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slang</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span></p>
Megan Lynch (she/her)<p>Making Of CHIEF OF WAR - Best Of Behind The Scenes, Set Visit &amp; Talk With Jason Momoa | Apple TV+ </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGdbk---aew" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=qGdbk---aew</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Hawaii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hawaii</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Language</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/TV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TV</span></a></p>
bazkie 👩🏼‍💻 bitplanes 🎵<p>As a foreigner, the word "disrespectful" feels so weird for me. It should be "respectless".</p><p>(Yes, I called myself a foreigner 🤭)</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>English</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Language</span></a></p>
The Vulgar Tongue<p>MARRIAGE MUSIC. The squalling and crying of children.</p><p>A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)</p><p>--<br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/dictionaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictionaries</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>society</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/slang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slang</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span></p>
The Vulgar Tongue<p>MOON RAKERS. Wiltshire men: because it is said that some men of that county, seeing the reflection of the moon in a pond, endeavoured to pull it out with a rake.</p><p>A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)</p><p>--<br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/dictionaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictionaries</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>society</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/slang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slang</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span></p>
Rick Thoman<p>Diik’aag nek-’ęh (I see the fireweed in fluff). <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://alaskan.social/@ScoterD" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ScoterD</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fnordon.de/@transitionalaspect" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>transitionalaspect</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/BloomScrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BloomScrolling</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/Alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Alaska</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/Summer2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Summer2025</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/Tanacross" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tanacross</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/Dene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dene</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Language</span></a></p>
The Vulgar Tongue<p>BENE DARKMANS. Goodnight. Cant.</p><p>A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)</p><p>--<br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/dictionaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictionaries</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>society</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/slang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slang</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span></p>
Metin Seven 🎨<p>🧵 Things I had never thought about…</p><p>Smog = smoke + fog.</p><p><a href="https://graphics.social/tags/knowledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>knowledge</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/info" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>info</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/information" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>information</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/tips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tips</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a></p>
The Vulgar Tongue<p>TIP-TOP. The best: perhaps from fruit, that growing at the top of the tree being generally the best, as partaking most of the sun. A tip-top workman; the best, or most excellent Workman.</p><p>A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)</p><p>--<br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/dictionaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictionaries</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>society</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/slang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slang</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span></p>
Kyle Memoir 🍉<p>Hey, if anyone needs a rathole to go down, see if you can figure out the origin of the phrase 'like billy-o'. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/english" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>english</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/irish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>irish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a></p>
Hebrew by Inbal<p>We will dance again. </p><p>In Jewish tradition, dancing is more than movement — it’s how we celebrate life, love, faith, and survival.</p><p>Today, these words carry a deeper meaning.<br>In the face of sorrow, terror, and unbearable loss, they’ve become our quiet anthem of resilience.<br>They echo through the pain:<br>We will choose life. We will hold onto joy. We will not be broken.</p><p>To my Jewish brothers and sisters in Israel and around the world —<br>Am Yisrael Chai.<br>We will dance again. 💔🕊️🇮🇱</p><p>And to my non-Jewish friends standing with us:<br>Thank you for your support, your prayers, and your voices.<br>Your solidarity helps carry us forward — toward peace, healing, and hope.</p><p><a href="https://babka.social/tags/WeWillDanceAgain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeWillDanceAgain</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Resilience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Resilience</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/HebrewByInbal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HebrewByInbal</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Hebrew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hebrew</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Language</span></a></p>
Daily Happy Reasons<p>A group of butterflies is called a kaleidoscope. <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/reasonstobecheerful" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reasonstobecheerful</span></a></p>
Shantell Powell<p>Indigenous language classes. I'm registered for the Mi'kmaq course. <a href="https://outdoorlearning.com/events/category/indigenous-language-learning/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">outdoorlearning.com/events/cat</span><span class="invisible">egory/indigenous-language-learning/</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>indigenous</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a></p>
Coach Pāṇini ®<p>In Hebrew, the word and name Dalit (דלית) has several related meanings, commonly linked to:<br> • “drawn out” or “drawn from the water”<br> • “poor” or “needy” (from the root “dal”) <br> • “hanging branch” (from the word “daliyyah”) <br> • It is also associated with being fragile or delicate.</p><p>Links between one Bronze Age endogenous ethnoculture to another.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/meaning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meaning</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>culture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Dalit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dalit</span></a></p>
The Vulgar Tongue<p>BED-MAKER. Women employed at Cambridge to attend on the Students, sweep his room, &amp;c. They will put their hands to any thing, and are generally blest with a pretty family of daughters: who unmake the beds, as fast as they are made by their mothers.</p><p>A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)</p><p>--<br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/dictionaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictionaries</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>society</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/slang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slang</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span></p>
Luigi. . 🇵🇸🇱🇧🇮🇷🇵🇷🇻🇪<p>O portugués coma o galego acarician os oídos </p><p>😂</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sprachlich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sprachlich</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/l%C3%ADngua" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>língua</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linguaxe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linguaxe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%D1%8F%D0%B7%D1%8B%D0%BA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>язык</span></a></p>
Megan Lynch (she/her)<p>Albanian for blueberry is "boronicë".</p><p>Albanian for cranberry is "boronicë e kuqe" (which so far as I can see means "red blueberry"... although the word 'boronicë'" is borrowed from Slavic languages, where "bor" in the root means "'pine"...so it's just &lt;word for blueberry&gt; + adjective saying it's red.</p><p>Albanian for lingonberry is "boronicë e hollë", which seems to be &lt;word for blueberry&gt; + adjective saying it's thin. <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/FruitToot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FruitToot</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Language</span></a></p><p><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/boronic%C3%AB" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wiktionary.org/wiki/boronic</span><span class="invisible">%C3%AB</span></a></p>
swanksalot<p>Where Did Rock + Metal's 'Devil Horns' Hand Gesture Come From? <a href="https://loudwire.com/where-did-metal-devil-horns-hand-come-from/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">loudwire.com/where-did-metal-d</span><span class="invisible">evil-horns-hand-come-from/</span></a><br><a href="https://toot.community/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Dio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dio</span></a></p>
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