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2022 August 23, Doyin Richards, “Our Exciting Plans Are Going to Crush Our Son”, in Slate‎, New York, N.Y.: The Slate Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-03-07:
Before Covid entered the chat, there were many situations where parents sent their sick children to school and to daycare because they wouldn't get paid if they didn't show up to work.
2021 December 17, @marchiomeghan, Twitter‎, archived from the original on 11 February 2024:
dua lipa put her whole dua lussy in levitating
c. 2nd millennium BCE, Proverbs, Collection 5 (in Sumerian), Segment A, Proverb 5.1:
𒄠𒋛 𒉎𒋼𒀀𒉌 𒈧𒀲 𒀭𒄊𒅗
𒃻𒂷𒁶𒉆 𒉡𒅅 𒈾𒀊𒁉𒀀
𒀭𒋾𒌷𒅥𒄷𒂊 𒈬𒈾𒉌𒅁𒄄𒄄
𒅇𒂷𒂊 𒅆𒋼𒂗𒈬𒂠
𒍝𒀀𒁶𒉆 𒀠𒁶𒈨𒂗𒂊𒊺
am-si /ni₂-te\-a-ni /maš₂\-
nig̃₂ g̃e₂₆-gin₇-nam nu-g̃al₂ na-
an-ti-ri₂-gu₇^mušen-e mu-/na\-
u₃ g̃e₂₆-e igi-te-en-g̃u₁₀-še₃
za-a-gin₇-nam al-dim₂-me-en-/e-še\
The elephant spoke to himself: "Among all the creatures of Šakkan, the one that can defecate like me has yet to be created!" The wren answered him: "But I, in my own small way, can defecate just as much as you!"
1697, Congreve, The Mourning Bride, a Tragedy. , London: Jacob Tonson, , →OCLC, Act III, page 39:
Heav'n has no Rage, like Love to Hatred turn'd, / Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman ſcorn'd.
This is the original!
1968, Jack Ludwig, Above Ground, Boston, M.A., Toronto, Ont.: Little, Brown and Company, page 263:
Jingling carkeys christmasbell tinkling.
2015 May 24, Jenna Cairney, “SOAPBOX: Academics dreaming if they want more 'depthness'”, in The Courier-Mail‎, Brisbane, QNS: News Corp Australia, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 August 2023:
"Your discussion requires more depthness."
"Depthness?"
The word is "depth".
Not only dissatisfied with my ability to be succinct, to write with flair and meaning and to be able to formulate an opinion of my own without the help of (Jones, Smith, Anderson, Loren, van Gibben, Johnston et al (1996) p67898), apparently regular words aren't even long enough for this "expert".
1790, "ON", “Dedication”, in Memoirs and Anecdotes of Philip Thicknesse, Dublin: Graisberry and Campbell, , page xii:
Now James Makittrick Adair, go thou and do ſo likewiſe, FOR THOU ART THE MAN.
1988, Richard Feynman, Ralph Leighton, "What Do You Care What Other People Think?": Further Adventures of a Curious Character, New York, N.Y., London: W. W. Norton & Company, →OCLC, page 31:
I was about to write a simple theme about this dumb question when I remembered that my literary friends were always "throwing the bull"—building up their sentences to sound complex and sophisticated.
1965, C. G. Ainsworth, Frederick K Sparrow, Alfred S. Sussman, editors, The Fungi: An Advanced Treatise, volume IVB (A Taxonomic Review with Keys: Basidomycetes and Lower Fungi), New York, N.Y., London: Academic Press, →ISBN, page 327:
The basidia are holobasidiate, and rarely have adventitious septa in the metabasidium or sterigmata; they also rarely proliferate in apical linear succession.
1987 September 24, “Ink and Incapability”, in Blackadder The Third, episode 2, spoken by Edmund Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson):
Oh, I'm sorry, sir. I'm anaspeptic, frasmotic, even compunctuous to have caused you such pericombobulation.
2022 November 15, @hanfjob, Twitter‎, archived from the original on 22 September 2023:
i would've soyfaced if i saw jesus rise from the dead
2020 November 24, @neko_girl92, Twitter‎, archived from the original on 2020-11-25:
imagine if instead of speaches and long pamphlets and all that other shit carl marx was just like "i got a theory, yeah. but its not for your rich ass colonizer bitches. mayocide now. not my job to educate you." would be very funny, but probably not that productive
2023 July 17, @Wired73813850, Twitter‎, archived from the original on 29 September 2023:
Your favourite twitter theorycel is, at best, half as well-read as you think he is. Probably more like 1/10th in most cases. Read old books, not tweets by 22-year-olds who read old books.
2023 January 5, Megan McArdle, “Tesla suffers from the boss’s fixation on Twitter”, in The Washington Post‎, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 5 January 2023:
You can think of Musk's acquisition of Twitter as the latest sortie, a takeover of the ultimate wordcel site by the world's most successful shape rotator. It's a flanking maneuver almost Napoleonic in its audacity, and it doubtless seemed brilliant back in April when Musk thought of it. But now, his audacity seems to be backfiring, as of course did Napoleon's eventually.
2020 May 29, “Bachelorette”, in Harley Quinn, season 2, episode 9, spoken by Eris (Jameela Jamil):
Oh, can you toast again for the camera? I want to post it to our sosh meed.
2023 May 8, Mark Whiley, “Paige Spiranac shows big-boobed golfers how to swing with 'mommy milkers'”, in Daily Star‎, archived from the original on 2023-05-18:
Paige Spiranac has issued some invaluable advice to golfers who reckon their game is being hindered by the size of their 'mommy milkers'.
2024 February 6, @TheJaegerB0mber, Twitter‎, archived from the original on 22 April 2024:
Here we see Rob heightmogging Glenn. In response, Glenn simultaneously skullmogging Rob and mewing. Not sure but think Rob might be edging too. Excellent back and forth looksmaxxing battle between these two incredible talents
2012, Adam Wilson, Flatscreen, New York, N.Y.: Harper Perennial, →ISBN, page 200:
Party was bumpin'. Dan said, "Shit is off the heezy." Nikki said, "You know you're white, right?"
2000 February 3, “Big Pink Loser”, in SpongeBob SquarePants‎, season 2, episode 23a, spoken by Incidental 41 (Dee Bradley Baker):
[Patrick Star is attempting to sweep the floor of the Krusty Krab with the wrong end of the broom] Hey pal, you just blow in from Stupid Town?
2024 June 3, “Wah Gwan Delilah” (1:25 from the start)‎performed by Snowd4y ft. Drake:
Wah gwan, Delilah, double-date me if you like me / Brought my cronem for your bestie / Sorry, he's wearin' a shiesty, he's not beat / It's just too smokey in these streets

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