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    1. Playing with words

      The other day I realised I should have used a disclaimer on a comment. It is a comment that is supposed to be light hearted and fun so I started to amuse myself in a way that I haven't done in...

      The other day I realised I should have used a disclaimer on a comment.

      It is a comment that is supposed to be light hearted and fun so I started to amuse myself in a way that I haven't done in quite some time.

      I've "always" enjoyed breaking down words (preferably in the "wrong" place), finding synonyms or sound-a-likes or second meanings and their synonyms or sound-a-likes or second meanings, etc, etc...

      So I would like to invite you to build on my example below, bring your own examples or tell us about ways that you play with words.

      Example:

      American pancake **disclaimer** -> disc + *lamer" -> pancake + *un-cool" -> pancake + *hot* -> pancake + *rising* = American pancake
      10 votes
    2. What is a non-problematic word that you avoid using?

      We all have words we dislike for one reason or another. I am specifically talking about words that are non-problematic, so slurs and politically incorrect words are out of the scope of this post....

      We all have words we dislike for one reason or another. I am specifically talking about words that are non-problematic, so slurs and politically incorrect words are out of the scope of this post. I am talking about words that you find inane, dense, overly broad, vague, imprecise, pedantic, confusing, or inadequate for any reason. Maybe you just don't like how they sound.

      As long as it is not a slur or politcally incorrect, for the purposes of this post, anything goes! Any language too!

      65 votes
    3. How many languages do you speak?

      How many languages y'all speak? From how many different language families? How many scripts can you read? Any special grammatical quirks that your languages have? It doesn't matter if it's A2...

      How many languages y'all speak? From how many different language families? How many scripts can you read? Any special grammatical quirks that your languages have?

      It doesn't matter if it's A2 level or C2 level, share it with us!

      33 votes