Hello Friend, please allow me to attempt to ameliorate a rotten day by imparting this tidbit I just learned: Charles Darwin’s grandfather Erasmus tried his pen at writing some truly lackluster porn, specifically, I quote; “A surprisingly large number of authors went for “botanical porn,” which involved learned comparisons of the genitalia to plants. Erasmus Darwin.. was one such author, who produced the only very mildly titillating “The Loves of the Plants” in 1789.” Mohr, “Holy Shit”, p. 197 <3

oh my god thank you this is amazing. I’m so happy I am now in possession of this information.

solnishka1927:

nucleic-asshole:

notanoveltyaccountok:

somewhatgreatexpectations:

naked-mahariel:

zeplerfer:

weeping-wandrian:

why the fuck does english have a word for

but not for “the day after tomorrow”

???

Because you’re not looking hard enough! 😉

Overmorrow = the day after tomorrow

Ereyesterday = the day before yesterday

Example: I defenestrated my brother ereyesterday. I shall defenestrate my sister overmorrow! Because I hate my family and also windows.

english has some of the best examples of stupidly specific words, tbh

Rhotacism (n): excessive use of the letter “R”

Lingible (adj): meant to be licked

Whipjack (n): a beggar, specifically one who is pretending to have been shipwrecked

Yerd (v): to beat with an object with a stick

Roddikin (n): the fourth stomach of a cow or a deer

Balbriggan (n): a type of fine cotton, most often used in underwear

and my personal favorite

Cornobble (v): to slap or beat another person with a fish

This makes the English nerd in me extremely happy.

Who even made these words I’m going to cornobble them

My dick is lingible

there is a dictionary that has all of these stupidly specific and obscure words and a whole lot more. It’s absolutely beautiful.