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   CJ Bellwether (siege@octodon.social)'s status on Friday, 15-Sep-2023 11:51:28 JST CJ Bellwether

   i just wrote the word stingy, and now im realising that the english language doesnt have a way to said something is feels very sting quality like because that would also be spelt stingy.

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     CJ Bellwether (siege@octodon.social)'s status on Friday, 15-Sep-2023 11:52:48 JST CJ Bellwether

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     • Hagfish fancier v4.02

     @pagrus well that would be if it was sort of sting like, what if it was very sting like.

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     Hagfish fancier v4.02 (pagrus@tears.intherain.club)'s status on Friday, 15-Sep-2023 11:52:52 JST Hagfish fancier v4.02

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     @siege@octodon.social stingish

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     CJ Bellwether (siege@octodon.social)'s status on Friday, 15-Sep-2023 11:54:09 JST CJ Bellwether

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     now im too far down the rabbit hole im not even sure if thats something we do with the english language, do we put y on the end of things a lot or do we not do it a lot

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     CJ Bellwether (siege@octodon.social)'s status on Friday, 15-Sep-2023 11:55:23 JST CJ Bellwether

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     • Elias Mårtenson

     @loke well if you were trying to describe maybe how the feeling of a very hot chilli pepper was on your tongue you might say it was very sting-ee maybe?

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     Elias Mårtenson (loke@functional.cafe)'s status on Friday, 15-Sep-2023 11:55:25 JST Elias Mårtenson

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     @siege I'm not a native English speaker, but I do consider myself a decent enough speaker.

     That said, I have no idea what "sting quality" means, and I don't think I ever heard it.

     I can't even think of a good hypothetical meaning for the term?

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     CJ Bellwether (siege@octodon.social)'s status on Friday, 15-Sep-2023 11:56:32 JST CJ Bellwether

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     • Calliope

     @calliope its the distance, you know we cant fly all the way over there in time to stop you

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     Calliope (calliope@masto.ai)'s status on Friday, 15-Sep-2023 11:56:33 JST Calliope

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     @siege Australians do it, but we generally bend the English language in ways that should fundamentally break it.

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     CJ Bellwether (siege@octodon.social)'s status on Friday, 15-Sep-2023 11:57:57 JST CJ Bellwether

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     i dont even know if its weired we dont have the word sting-y, like maybe there are lots of of -y words we dont have that are waiting to be invented.

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     Sleepy time tea bear (sleepytimeteabear@octodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 16-Sep-2023 03:49:59 JST Sleepy time tea bear

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     @siege in my industry we tend to add -y to stuff to make things into adjectives, like ‘do you think this is too Zara-y?’

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     CJ Bellwether (siege@octodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 16-Sep-2023 03:51:41 JST CJ Bellwether

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     • Sleepy time tea bear

     @Sleepytimeteabear yes, i am forever stuck with the phrase "vibesy" in my lexicon after a friend said it about a party space

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     Sleepy time tea bear (sleepytimeteabear@octodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 16-Sep-2023 03:52:31 JST Sleepy time tea bear

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     @siege I want to put vibesy on something now just to annoy my boss-boss lol

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     CJ Bellwether (siege@octodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 16-Sep-2023 03:54:45 JST CJ Bellwether

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     • Sleepy time tea bear

     @Sleepytimeteabear "its getting pretty vibesy in here" will forever slide into my mind.

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     Sleepy time tea bear (sleepytimeteabear@octodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 16-Sep-2023 04:02:50 JST Sleepy time tea bear

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     @siege vibesy feels like it describes that wrestler who looks like the onceler