Gotta figure out what's goin on with uBREAKiFIX, morphologically, and if it has any cousins. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UBreaki... #AmResearching
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OED excerpt for the term friend with benefits with the oldest citation the lyrics from Alanis Morissette's song Head over Feet.
Alanis Morissette is the oldest citation for FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS?! From the song Head Over Feet (1995). Wow. #AmResearching
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Not me tearing up at the archives looking through a box and among the folders there is one with a wedding announcement from the guy and his wife in 1925- how romantic and loving that he saved this with his other documents 🥹❤️
#amresearching #archives
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Writing a medieval mystery or thriller? Here are sources on medieval crime: historicalnovelsociety.org/writing-a-me... #amresearching
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There’s something truly exciting about reading a new source on a topic especially when it has footnotes. #amreading #amresearching
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a screengrab of a search page. The first part filled in is "I accidentally..." and there are several suggestions for continued search. I accidentally became important at work I accidentally married a mafia princess I accidentally married a ceo I accidentally swallowed a rubber band I accidentally slept with my professor I accidentally tamed the duke I accidentally summoned a lemon I accidentally ate moldy bread I accidentally took nyquil and tylenol
Y'all, I have questions about the world is googling if these are the suggestions for "I accidentally..."
I was just looking for what happens if you glue your hand to a book (totally normal research), but now I'm curious what happens if I accidentally summon a lemon 🍋
#amresearching #amwriting #wip
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A blue cardboard folder with “story – CURRENT” written on it in purple ink. The edge of a yellow folder, the edges of a few sheets of white paper and the edge of a green folder are covering the corner of the blue folder, hiding the word before ‘story’. There is a white A4 sheet of paper in the blue folder, with a few words visible, and a turquoise post-it.
Small writerly pleasures: putting a page of research notes about whirlpools in the writing folder marked ‘current’ … #amwriting #amresearching
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While researching this exquisite alabaster effigy in St. Blaise Church, Haccombe, Devon, I came across references to a similar one that was once at Old St Mary’s Church, Dartington. Intriguing!
Read more on Substack.
#MonumentsMonday #amresearching
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Official Bulbapedia drawing of the Pokemon Carvanha, which looks like a round blue/red fish with tusks and spiky yellow fins
Cool lore building can come from not implementing spelling reform in fictional worlds: CARVANHA (Gen III Pokemon) is named after PIRANHA which comes from Tupi (+CAR from Latin/French carnivore). Evokes a lot for English speakers by just including that H. #AmResearching
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When did you first hear the term DREAM/NIGHTMARE BLUNT ROTATION? Urban Dictionary has it from March 2021/Oct 2022. Just saw NIGHTMARE TICKLE ROTATION as a comment on this video and realized it's a snowclone now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeym... www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?t... #AmResearching
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A screen shot from the OED showing the definition and citations for flap dragon: ‘A play in which they catch raisins out of burning brandy and, extinguishing them by closing the mouth, eat them’ (AKA snapdragon)
Come over for game night! 🎲 We're gonna catch on-fire drunk raisins in our mouths. #AmResearching #OED
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An excerpt of a notebook page that contains notes from security and editing conferences going back to 2016.
Dang, it's been a minute since I went to a conference. Can't believe I'm really flying to ADS/LSA tomorrow. I've wished to attend the WOTY vote in person for 10+ years, and now in 3 days I'll be on stage helping out with its logistics. Wild. ✨ #AmResearching #AmEditing @americandialect.org
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Was telling a buddy about Fatal Familial Insomnia (FFI), which I learned about from a podcast episode 15 years ago. Couldn't remember the word PRION, so at first I said it was caused by "a dark particle." Then learned PRION is a blend - PROtein + infectION. #AmResearching
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A screenshot from Tumblr user real-language facts about why animals have certain names - the fly is called as such because it fly, a bee, it be. and a blowfish? "well, I shan't say."
This is a cutthroat joke! It fly, it be, it blow fish. #AmResearching
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Is it normal to write something you think is decent, then get grabbed by an idea you think is incredible, and while writing that, get grabbed by an idea so good there aren't enough expletives in the English language to describe how good you think it is? #AmWriting #AmResearching #HistoricalFiction
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Seeing the amazing projects from our Society, Culture and Consumption module: TED Talks + policy documents to campaign videos + poster sets.
Amongst this is finishing the book proposal for #Book1!
Happy New Year to all + may your 2026 be joyous + fulfilled.
#ECR #amresearching #amcreating 3/3
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Origins of NASA names title page in a beautiful pale green.
Foreword from Origins of NASA Names from 1976.
I deeply relate to the sentiment of this foreword to "Origins of NASA Names" from 1976 and I am so glad for them that this project was completed. #AmResearching
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How to Shoot a Fictional Character
A post for Patreon subscribers
#SFF #Fiction #Novel #AmWriting #AmResearching
www.patreon.com/posts/144107...
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Thinking about terms popularized by Super Bowls: "I'm gonna go to Disney World!" (1987), WARDROBE MALFUNCTION (2004), LEFT SHARK (2015). What else? #AmResearching
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How do you Bible in BIBLE-IT? To Bible = put things in Biblical book order? boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/37... What game is this trying to evoke? What are the number tokens for? What. What is that verb doing. Morphologically. #AmResearching
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Just learned the command SIC'EM! means SEEK THEM. It's just a vowel change, lady, dang, keep up. #AmResearching
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Excerpt from 1977 convention newsletter article called Upon the Virtues of a Good Nap: "I prepared myself for the night with a power nap (cheating in the sleep-starved culture of cons..."
I'm reading "Rest is Resistance" and suddenly wondered about the possible capitalistic/productivity origins of POWER NAP. OED has it from 1980. Internet Archive WisCon convention newsletter has it in 1977. #AmResearching
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🌞When summer is a she and every page is my flavor of nostalgia. 🩷A warm read for a dreary November day.
My fave find @ the #library — Renee Watson’s Summer Is Here (illust. Bea Jackson)
#amresearching #kidlitchat #booksky #amreading #writersky #scbwi
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A photograph of a surgical knife from medieval Syria (during the Arab period). The knife consists of a steel blade (rusted from being in soil) held within a brass handle with an unusual ring at the base of the grip. The artefact is currently held at the Science Museum in London, UK.
This artefact held at the @sciencemuseum.org.uk is a surgical knife from #medieval Syria during the Arab period. Artefacts such as these can provide remarkable insight into medieval #medical practice. ( #AmResearching). If any #skystorians know of similar artefacts please reach out. #medievalsky
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🔍 Research unlocks the door to authenticity in storytelling! 📚 This blog explores the ins and outs of conducting research for your short story. #amwriting #writingcommunity #writing #amresearching
hollyhyattauthor.wordpress.com/2024/10/17/u...
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Need to strike down your character with a disease that isn't influenza? Check out these resources by B.J. Sedlock: historicalnovelsociety.org/infectious-d... #AmResearching
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Excerpt of research spreadsheet of cutthroats. Lists about 20 cutthroats first cited between 2021 and 2025. The last on the list is move-me.
The latest @aoaoaoapod.bsky.social is about Hallmark movies and maybe contains a new #CutthroatCompound. Misspeaking, they call movies "move-me's, because they move me". youtu.be/R_574v-EU5k?... I have other verb-pronouns: WARM-HER, ARCHIVE-IT, CHEAT'EM, but no other -ME's yet. #AmResearching
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Sent an inquery to the librarian at a not local to me historical society.
Can't wait to get info!
#AmResearching
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Planning to write about a novel with an orphan character in an historical setting? B.J. Sedlock shares where to start your research:
historicalnovelsociety.org/is-your-prot... #AmResearching
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