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   Ricki Crush Bandicute Tarr (rickitarr@beige.party)'s status on Monday, 07-Apr-2025 03:32:46 JST Ricki Crush Bandicute Tarr

   One of the things I find fascinating about literature is that at some point a writer combined a few words together, and we all collectively decided we liked it, and now it's hard to separate those words. Here are two of my favorites:

   Sheen of Sweat
   Dappled Light

   Please share your favorites too!

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     Zen Heathen (zenheathen@beige.party)'s status on Monday, 07-Apr-2025 03:33:30 JST Zen Heathen

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     @RickiTarr Pitter-patter of little feet
     Peal of thunder

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     ADHDean (adhdeanasl@beige.party)'s status on Monday, 07-Apr-2025 03:33:37 JST ADHDean

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     @RickiTarr The rustling of leaves
     The pattering of rain
     The VROIP! VROP! of corduroy (okay, that last one may be mine)

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     GreenSkyOverMe (Monika) (greenskyoverme@ohai.social)'s status on Monday, 07-Apr-2025 03:34:29 JST GreenSkyOverMe (Monika)

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     @RickiTarr Oh, I don’t even know what dappled light is

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     qurlyjoe (qurlyjoe@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Apr-2025 00:25:18 JST qurlyjoe

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     @RickiTarr
     “That word doesn’t mean what you think it means.”

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     Abie (temptoetiam@eldritch.cafe)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Apr-2025 00:25:23 JST Abie

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     @RickiTarr The liguistics term is collocation :)
     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collocation

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     Matt Hardy 3.11 for Workgroups (technicaladept@techhub.social)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Apr-2025 00:25:40 JST Matt Hardy 3.11 for Workgroups

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     @RickiTarr These ones are all attributed to Shakespeare
     A foregone conclusion
     As good luck would have it
     At one fell swoop
     Bated breath
     Be all and end all
     Good riddance
     Milk of human kindness

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     ThePfromtheO (thepfromtheo@social.vivaldi.net)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Apr-2025 00:25:53 JST ThePfromtheO

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     @RickiTarr
     Golden Hour
     Sibilant Whisper

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     Golden Bunny of Destiny 🕯🇺🇦🇵🇸 (davew@mastodon.online)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Apr-2025 00:25:56 JST Golden Bunny of Destiny 🕯🇺🇦🇵🇸

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     @RickiTarr I’m not dead yet
     Your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of elderberries
     She turned me into a newt. I got better.
     You wipers of other people’s bottoms.

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     xmanmonk (xmanmonk@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Apr-2025 00:26:09 JST xmanmonk

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     @RickiTarr Crepuscular rays.

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     okanogen VerminEnemyFromWithin (okanogen@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Apr-2025 00:26:11 JST okanogen VerminEnemyFromWithin

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     @RickiTarr
     A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.

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     Mike (sunumbral@beige.party)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Apr-2025 00:26:18 JST Mike

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     @RickiTarr
     Dusting of snow