Post Aaevyy5MdPlPhpBByK by lopta@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #AadvPGnJP74S9BkmsC by grammargirl@zirk.us
       2023-10-10T23:55:17Z
       
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       "Loophole" comes from the slits archers used in castle walls, which in Middle English were called loops but have no etymological relationship to the loop that is a circle of string, thread, etc.At first they were just loops, but they became loop*holes* so people could make it clear they were talking about castle loops and not thread loops.It took on the "escape route" meaning in the mid-1600s. https://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-loo2.htmhttps://www.etymonline.com/word/loophole#etymonline_v_12427
       
 (DIR) Post #AadvR56fpV6gTffpbM by grammargirl@zirk.us
       2023-10-10T23:55:38Z
       
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       And yes, I'm procrastiresearching.
       
 (DIR) Post #Aadw0VNc8dTy68UMt6 by Seth@writing.exchange
       2023-10-11T00:01:59Z
       
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       @grammargirl I’m procrastilyingonmybed.
       
 (DIR) Post #AadwExV2O1o9Mcqwr2 by mkb@mastodon.social
       2023-10-11T00:04:35Z
       
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       @grammargirl I’m assuming that is also related to loupe but so far don’t see anything definitive. https://www.wordnik.com/words/loupe
       
 (DIR) Post #AadwMboEukoIPRTyam by jemal@jemal.contact
       2023-10-11T00:02:51Z
       
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       @grammargirl this is how learned (this week!) that MySQL is named after the creator’s daughter My! He also named his other two databases, MaxDB and MariaDB after his kids!
       
 (DIR) Post #AadwMcr71Yhbedpmi0 by grammargirl@zirk.us
       2023-10-11T00:06:01Z
       
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       @jemal Wild!
       
 (DIR) Post #AadxBA8TZ1AJLl3OF6 by kagan@wandering.shop
       2023-10-11T00:15:10Z
       
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       @grammargirl "Procrastiresearching"?! I *love it*!!! 🤩
       
 (DIR) Post #AaeDskjgxX14aAGiHI by jbsegal@mastodon.sdf.org
       2023-10-11T03:22:19Z
       
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       @grammargirl I love worldwide words so much. I am sad it is no longer being updated, but I adore that he left it here for all of us to keep using. I discovered it years ago looking for information about things “going pear-shaped“
       
 (DIR) Post #AaeFxUKVaHdX3VsJCi by grammargirl@zirk.us
       2023-10-11T03:45:37Z
       
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       @jbsegal I feel the same way. I'm so grateful for his work and that it's still live. I worry about it going away someday.I actually just saved the index page to my Internet Archive web archive while I was thinking about it just in case.
       
 (DIR) Post #AaeNcPheOGqsG4A3lY by Ellirahim@ohai.social
       2023-10-11T05:11:25Z
       
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       @grammargirl what a coincidence!
       
 (DIR) Post #Aaevyy5MdPlPhpBByK by lopta@mastodon.social
       2023-10-11T11:36:28Z
       
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       @grammargirl Is "procrasteroid" a word?