juxtaposition

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figsandtea:

niiicethings:

“Noun is a playful artist’s book about words and their definitions. It is like an exquisite corpse with words.

Starting with 27 real English words, each word and its definition has been divided into two parts. By turning the pages, you get to mix and match the word halves to create humorous and nonsensical new words and meanings.

With over 700 different combinations, this book is the perfect item for bibiophiles, lexicographers, writers, and any lover of words.

Here are a few examples of words and definitions you can put together:

whisper + umbrella = whisbrella: A low sibilan utterance for sheltering one from rain and sun.
banana + onomatopoeia = bananpoeia: A large herbaceous perennial tropical plant that bears fruit imitating the sound of the thing or action signified.
muffin + tyrant = muffrant: A quick bread made of batter unrestrained by law or constitution.
nomenclature + ancestry = nomencestry: A system or set of names for things derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors.”

I’M SORRY BUT 

muffin + tyrant = muffrant: A quick bread made of batter unrestrained by law or constitution.

THIS IS THE PINNACLE OF HUMAN INNOVATION ALL OTHER PLAYERS GO HOME.

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#language #neat

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stuckinabucket:

roachpatrol:

algopop:

NetFlix Summary Bug

A user of a netflix app has been documenting a bug that seems to fail to refresh the top half of the screen, accidentally mashing up film descriptions. The glitches have been widely covered by the press already but I’ve included them here as they remind me of some of the tactics employed by bot makers such as twoHeadlines by Darius Kazemi, or AndNowImagine by Ivy Baumgarten.

I WOULD WATCH ALL OF THESE

I need some of these like burning.

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#juxtaposition

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lendoro:

baddadsquad:

gentle-puffer-fish:

  • falling asleep on someone’s chest
  • wrapping your arms around each other
  • synching heartbeats and breathing slowly
  • falling asleep in big t-shirts and underwear
  • forehead kissies and murmured affections
  • naps
  • MONSTER TRUCKS

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#anything that makes me laugh this much deserves a reblog #hijacked posts #arson murder and jaywalking

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justice-turtle:

lost-spook:

lost-spook:

There’s a new comm started up on Dreamwidth – a ficathon to take Mills & Boon/Harlequin romance summaries and adapt to your favourite pairing.  (Hilarity ensues etc.  Maybe even some actual romance.) 

Anyway, it’s here:

unconventionalcourtship

This lovely, funny ficathon is running again!  Don’t miss out – go and sign up on Dreamwidth.

Ooh, it’s on again? AWESOME. :D Look, flisties who write shipfic, here is a comm you should look at! ^_^

(All pairings are allowed, and you can even download a Photoshop template to make your own banners like the ones above! :D)

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#mostly reblogging because the sight of a Harlequin cover showing Rimmer/Lister amuses me #may have done the same thing last year I’m not sure

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frontier001:

“So… your father tells me you’re a disappointment to the Empire…”

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#Star Trek #juxtaposition #I remember the time one of my non-geeky friends used ‘can speak Klingon’ to mean ‘hopelessly nerdy’ #my response was to start humming a Klingon drinking song #you know the one #with the River Skral running crimson red #that one #Mom started laughing but nobody else got it #(she thinks I should have sung it) #(but then you get into stage-fright issues) #(and I only actually know the words in English) #(guess I’m only *almost* hopelessly nerdy) #tag rambles

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