Reposted by 🈁Edward "Edo" Hong 🔜 NYCC @edomonogatari.bsky.social · 17/01/2026Is this the best translation of キラキラネーム ever?! 511637
Reposted by 🈁American Dialect Society @americandialect.org · 10/01/2026The 2025 Word of the Year is "slop," both as a noun for low-quality AI-generated content and as a combining form for anything of little value. Read the full press release. #WOTY2025 #ADS2026 #LSA2026 americandialect.org/2025-word-of...americandialect.org2025 Word of the Year Is “Slop”New Orleans Marriott–Jan. 9—The American Dialect Society, in its 36th annual words-of-the-year vote, selected slop as the Word of the Year for 2025. More than three hundred attendees took part in the… 86747
Reposted by 🈁Dr AbsP @absp.bsky.social · 08/12/2025Hey Linguists Over A Certain Age: according to etymologynerd, we don't study the effects of social media algorithms on language change because we "find it hard to keep up with the fast pace of language change" 4467
Reposted by 🈁Lingthusiasm @lingthusiasm.com · 26/11/2025Happy World Linguistics Day! Celebratory days take off when groups of people decide to make them happen so... let's see how many different locations we can get world linguistics day wishes from this year! 156126
Reposted by 🈁Alice Averlong 🏳️⚧️ @alice.averlong.com · 13/10/2025signing up for the hot new linguistic dating site 14768179
Reposted by 🈁Sacrifice! At the Harvest Festival @theharvestmaid.bsky.social · 01/10/2025And THAT'S how you sell a dictionary. 16419
Reposted by 🈁Patrick Vallely @pjvphotography.bsky.social · 28/08/2025"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?" Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika. 6404366410929
Reposted by 🈁Richard Gadsden @po8crg.gadsden.online · 09/09/2025@superlinguo.bsky.social @gretchenmcc.bsky.social saw this and thought you'd appreciate it. 15913
Reposted by 🈁Paweł Ausir Dembowski @ausir.bsky.social · 17/07/2025Despite this guy’s claims, „troll”, „shitpost” and „fap” are older than 4chan, at least. „Troll” (first attested in 1993) and „shitpost” (1994) from Usenet, „fap” from the webcomic Sexy Losers (1999). 4chan was created in 2003. Ironic given how he talks about forgetting where words originate. 🐦🐦 1810218
Reposted by 🈁Orca Behavior Institute @orcabehaviorinstitute.org · 15/07/2025Welcome home, J-Pod. 75 days after their last confirmed sighting in inland waters, Js made a surprise appearance and went north up Haro Strait this afternoon. We did see both J62 and J63 🫶🏻 📷: J39 Mako off the west side of San Juan Island on July 14th #whalesky #orcas #srkw 0333
🈁 @coconut456.bsky.social · 10/02/2025just had the realization that a good plot twist and a good linguistics paper satisfy the same part of my brain 010
Reposted by 🈁Linguistic Society of America @lingsocam.bsky.social · 11/01/2025The American Dialect Society Word of the Year: RAWDOG To rawdog: taking on life without the usual protection, preparation, or comfort. Whether it’s diving into a challenge unprepared or skipping the safety net, rawdogging is about embracing risk, stone-cold sobriety, and rolling with it. #LSA2025 145820305
Reposted by 🈁Mac the squirrel :) @macsquirelera.bsky.social · 19/12/2024Every single word is translatable because any human can understand any human experience 3131
🈁 @coconut456.bsky.social · 18/12/2024rose quartz and pink diamond are allophones of the same phoneme 010
Reposted by 🈁American Dialect Society @americandialect.org · 08/12/2024Make your words-of-the-year nominations! THIS IS THE ONLY #WOTY2025 vote that matters! bit.ly/WOTY2024noms You can also email then woty@americandialect.org #linguistics #language #words #etymology #languages 33426
Reposted by 🈁rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 02/12/2024My absolute favorite part of the dead salmon wearing trend (scientists are, as the article says, reasonably sure it's a fashion trend) is not that orcas have fashion, it's that they, too, have the occasional wave of 80s nostalgia. 331647381
🈁 @coconut456.bsky.social · 22/11/2024me when i avoid doing the linguistics im supposed to do by making silly linguistics doodle 🐦🐦 (im kinda proud of myself for coming up w this idea tho) 250
Reposted by 🈁Simon Fisher @profsimonfisher.bsky.social · 13/11/2024To accompany all those Bluesky science/academia #starterpacks, how about we also share introductions to the literature of our different fields. I present here a handy guide to main types of papers in the language sciences (inspired by the amazing @xkcd.com). #language #linguistics #science #academia 9460125
Reposted by 🈁alice @alice.mosphere.at · 04/10/2024✨ Introducing Emoji Stats for Bluesky ✨ Watch live the most used emojis — all of them or per-language — explore why the dutch love 🍀, the germans ☕️ and so much more. Tap/click on the emoji to see the latest posts with them. A lot more things to come! emojistats.bsky.shemojistats.bsky.shEmoji Stats for Bluesky 🦋Live counters and stats on emoji usage on Bluesky, broken down by language. 52789227
Reposted by 🈁Mignon Fogarty @grammargirl.bsky.social · 19/09/2024Wow. One of the researchers said, "I don’t think anyone has reliable information about post-2021 language usage by humans.”404media.coProject Analyzing Human Language Usage Shuts Down Because ‘Generative AI Has Polluted the Data’Wordfreq shuts down because "I don’t think anyone has reliable information about post-2021 language usage by humans.” 1146
🈁 @coconut456.bsky.social · 12/09/2024my favorite prof (and potential thesis advisor) is not gonna be hired by the college next year 😭 sometimes i hate academia 011
Reposted by 🈁Melissa Lewis @melissa.news · 27/08/2024There remain many bright spots on Reddit, chief among which is r/linguisticshumor: www.reddit.com/r/linguistic... 56318
Reposted by 🈁Dr. Wes Robertson @scriptingjapan.bsky.social · 21/07/2024Over the last 2 years I've been working on a FREE #Japanese textbook covering JLPT N4/Genki II plus a bit more and I'm pleased to announce that it's done (inc. workbook + answer key)! You can download the whole thing (yes, for free) here: wesleycrobertson.wordpress.com/2024/07/20/l...wesleycrobertson.wordpress.comLevel 3 (N4+) Textbook ReleasedOver the last few years, I've been working on a textbook designed to build off the ones I already offer in the Free Resources section, and help learners of Japanese across the content of N4 and textbo... 13813
🈁 @coconut456.bsky.social · 18/07/2024i’ve heard things like “when you put a bunch of linguists with different accents in one room all they do for fun is analyze each others’ vowels” but i didn’t expect it to come true so soon. anyways love hanging out with the nerds, would recommend 10/10 100
Reposted by 🈁Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 15/07/2024"we conclude that sensational and misleading claims about LLM agency and capabilities emerge from a deep misconception of both what human language is and what LLMS are." 211339
Reposted by 🈁Kory Stamper @korystamper.bsky.social · 17/06/2024When you look up a word in the dic•tio•nary, the dots in the middle of the word aren't there to mark out the syllables of the word; they mark where you can put a hyphen if the word doesn't fit on one line. Sometimes that corresponds with syllables, sometimes not. (See "dictionary" above!) 28967260
🈁 @coconut456.bsky.social · 24/03/2024*on an uber with a friend* driver: what do you guys study? friend: literature me: linguistics driver: so basically the same thing me (screaming internally): uhh no i wish i live till the day people understand what linguistics is 010
Reposted by 🈁Because Language (becauselangpod) @becauselanguage.com · 06/01/2024We are punching the air at Because Language HQ!!! ENSHITTIFICATION is the @americandialect.bsky.social Word of the Year — as it was ours on Because Language. 1245
Reposted by 🈁Because Language (becauselangpod) @becauselanguage.com · 26/10/2023Going to share something I always think after releasing a podcast, because you never feel like you got it quite right. You said what you felt was right in that moment, and if you're second-guessing yourself, maybe it's because you're no longer in that moment, and it was fine. You did fine. 031
