#etymologynerd

[my-name-is-not-kimmy]

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[freesiadotcom]

i think its very telling of me as a person that i only knew that the superbowl was happening bc of the nyt puzzles (mini crossword and connections) that were themed around it today, and the only way i have even heard of any new slang terms at all (outside tumblr's) is from watching etymologynerd videos

[raffleshitposting]

john caspar "weaponised autism" leyden

[thelingering]

one the best ways I've found to find something poetic and beautiful in the English language is to examine our sayings for certain things, of which there are many:

For example, why do our hearts sink? or swell? Perhaps it's because, to our limited and innocent understanding of the universe, our emotions can feel like a raging ocean so often that our language came to reflect that!

or why do we hold a thought? or collect them? or how can we get lost in them? Well, maybe our thoughts are little creatures that we create, and then feel the utmost responsibility as the creators of these things to coddle them, and to round them up, and -- sometimes -- to have so many of them bouncing about in our mind that we get swarmed by thoughts, be they good or bad!

there are so many little twists and turns you can take with these idioms, and I find that so truly amazing; The fact that in this ragtag language, we use some words to relate to other words that really have no purpose being put together, and then taking that to mean something we don't even think about??

English is a very analytic language, yes (which means it doesn't have a lot of the really cool grammatical features other languages can have), but that doesn't mean it isn't beautiful in its own right!!

[dahlia-molinas]

etymologynerd was talking about how tiktok is one of the most collaborative social media spaces because of how people duet and stitch other videos and how much engagement there is in the comments... but he doesn't know how my mutuals peer review my content in the tags on tumblr dot com

[frogeyedape]

earthnation’s influence on modern linguistics‼️

[official-linguistics-post]

Genuine question, what about blud or bro?

Saw a video from etymologynerd on YouTube saying bro is a pronoun/used as a pronoun but I don’t know enough about linguistics to determine if this is a “chat” situation. His points were that you can say “give blud his zaza” and “give bro the zaza” and “what is blud doing”

But doesn’t the fact that the first sentence says ‘his’ and not “Bluds” or something prove that it’s not? Just like chat?

yeah i disagree with the assessment that they're functioning as pronouns. i went back and watched the video but none of his examples actually preclude "bro" or "blud" being used as terms of address, with several even including a third-person masculine pronoun that clearly has the same referent as "bro"/"blud" like the ones you mention.

[genderimpala]

to all trans men/transmascs!

you know how it's IMMENSELY hard to find male role models who aren't pieces of shit? well, look no further! here is a masterlist of largely unproblematic men to look up to. (if anyone on this list has done anything, please let me know and i will remove them immediately. feel free to reblog with your own additions!)

REAL PEOPLE

Adam Aleksic (@/etymologynerd on Insta)

Alex_Loga_02 (Instagram artist)

alone.arone (cosplayer, streamer)

Aryan Simhadri (actor)

BBNO$ (bibinos, singer)

Cavetown (singer)

David Tennant (actor)

dead.hyacinth (real name Ezekiel, cosplayer)

Dorian Niemoja (cosplayer, actor)

Hozier (singer)

Hurt Copain (Twitter content creator, rights activist)

Jammie Dodger (YouTuber)

J.B. Ryder (author, Instagram content creator)

Joe Locke (actor)

Kit Connor (actor)

Kizzy Edgell (actor)

Matt Bernstein (Instagram poster and human rights activist)

Nick Fox (Instagram content creator)

P4perback (streamer and cosplayer)

Rafael Alessandro (cosplayer, actor)

Stray Kids' members, especially Felix, Bang Chan and Changbin

Tobie Donovan (actor)

Walker Scobell (actor)

venear (cosplayer)

FICTIONAL

Alex Fierro (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard) [genderfluid]

Alistair Wonderland (Ever After High)

Anthony Bridgerton (Bridgerton)

Arias (Osora webcomic)

Athlen (In Deeper Waters)

Bolin (The Legend of Korra)

Batman (Batman)

Blitzen (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard)

Bow (She-Ra)

Carter Kane (The Kane Chronicles series)

Castiel (Supernatural)

Charlie Spring (Heartstopper)

Chat Noir (Miraculous Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir)

Clawd Wolf (Monster High)

Colin Bridgerton (Bridgerton)

Deuce (Monster High)

Dexter Charming (Ever After High)

Dipper (Gravity Falls)

Ekko (Arcane)

Flynn Rider (Tangled)

Frank Zhang (Heroes Of Olympus series)

Gomez Addams (Wednesday, The Addams Family)

Hearthstone (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard)

Hiccup (How To Train Your Dragon)

Isaac Henderson (Heartstopper)

Jack Dawson (Titanic)

Leo Valdez (Heroes of Olympus series)

Link (Legend of Zelda)

Luka Couffaine (Miraculous Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir)

Luke (Gilmore Girls)

Magnus Chase (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard series)

Nick Nelson (Heartstopper)

Nico di Angelo (Percy Jackson series)

Nino Lahiffe (Miraculous)

Paul Blofis (Trials of Apollo series)

Peeta Mellark (The Hunger Games)

Percy Jackson (from the Percy Jackson series)

Prince Tal (In Deeper Waters)

Sokka (Avatar: The Last Airbender)

Spiderman (Spiderman)

Tao Xu (Heartstopper)

Thor (Marvel)

Troy Bolton (High School Musical)

Vander (Arcane)

Westley (The Princess Bride)

Will Solace (Trials Of Apollo, Percy Jackson series)

Zuko (Avatar: The Last Airbender)

[pathcend]

HOW CURRENCIES GOT THEIR NAMES 🤑💰💸

Credit to etymologynerd [Instagram]

[chappell-roans]

like there are shirts sold in a "but first coffee" or "babe" style that say "delusional" or "delulu" or "stay delulu" and i get it it's a joke whatever. it's always had a sort of less serious flippant version.

it's not like...nothing??

people also didn't find it powerful enough to use "crazy" or "insane" flippantly so they call themselves "psychotic" for you know. getting a large diet coke instead of a small or for running a red light. i just don't understand why we dilute language in this way!!! and i know psychiatry isn't everything and certainly isn't holy but oh my god.

people use “delusion” far too lightly

[one-shitpost-a-day]

i saw a comment on an etymologynerd video once saying that the way he holds his phone makes him look like he's grabbing you by the neck as he stares into your soul and aggressively teaches you linguistics

[alwaysbooyahback]

DPHW, Hypercategorization, and Art within Capitalism

Disclaimer: I’m not theorizing on what DPHW is in universe.

DPHW, as a structural component, connects back brilliantly to its creators, particularly Alex, who runs a podcasting company and therefore professionally deals with targeting content to potential new listeners.

The DPHW is a counterweight to TMA’s entities. It’s the RGB to TMA’s ROYGBIV. It’s hypercategorization, hypercompartmentalization. We know little about it in universe:

It’s a system to very granularly categorize incidents with a 4-digit number.

It’s part of a broader categorization system

Humans act as a slow (and error-prone) LOOKUP() function using paper

Nearly 10 years of familiarity isn’t enough to have the system memorized, though can get you close.

Any incident involving the same main element gets the same number. Any incident with the main element as “Dolls, watching” is 1157. Doesn’t matter if it’s ghosts, cameras, if they’re made of human skin, whatever; dolls that are watching means it’s an 1157.

The last point has been one of consternation for me and others I’ve been discussing it with. It sounds daft.

But maybe that’s the point. Maybe it’s daft because it’s a critique. Hypercategorization drives modern advertising, it’s what puts ads blogs and videos and podcasts in front of us.

To the mighty algorithm, we’re all just a number to crunch to serve us the content that will keep us Engaged and on the Platform. No one knows how it works, it just does; it’s a black box, just like the DPHW.

But that’s wrong. It fundamentally misunderstands our humanity, for we contain multitudes.

Yet the algorithm reflects enough of ourselves to do real work; it may only see the shadows on the cave wall, but that’s better than seeing nothing at all.

Of course Jonny and Alex want to make good art. But for them to make art and a living, they have to get that content in front of an audience, one that will either pay for it directly (eg, Patreon and Kickstarter) or indirectly (eg, ads).

They have to deal with this reality, with the tension between the algorithmically targeted portrait of their target audience and the deep, multitudinous, and complex people their audience is. That’s just part of what it means to be a content creator, to own a podcast company.

Thanks to etymologynerd for his great vertical video on generational labels all being made up and how hypercompartmentalation drives social media and targeting.

[riverscuomoforcefem]

when mom finds your stash of etymologynerd x human1011 yaoi

[sincerelywebsy]

websy's masterpost

hi !! my names grayson, online name websy. i'm 15, and i'm a YAPPER. i like talking about tv, youtubers, and philosophy! I post very inconsistently, so i wont be here super often.

here are some things i like:

media

psych

nbc community

brooklyn 99

mythic quest

bojack horseman

the good place

arrowverse

spiderverse

marvel

the hunger games

percy jackson

content creators

drew gooden

danny gonzalez

yuvaldoubtsit

etymologynerd

wendigoon

anthpo

purpled

american high

music artists

arctic monkeys

the last shadow puppets

wallows

inhaler

peach pit

second thoughts

phoebe bridgers

hozier

noah kahan

interests

jewelry making

bleaching clothes

languages/geography

colorguard

hashtags

#grayson talks about arrow - posts about arrowverse

#grayson talks about community - posts about community nbc

#grayson talks about random stuff - my non-fandom based posts

#grayson talks about fandoms - my fandom stuff, but i don't post about said fandoms enough for them to get their own hashtag

[intern3t-lover]

guys are we SURE human1011 and etymologynerd are NOT the same person…

[manicali]

I saw a comment you'd left in a group about loving internet etymology & I also love internet etymology. just wanted to ask if you'd read 'Because Internet' by Gretchen McCulloch? And if you have what were your thoughts? If you haven't read it I'd definitely recommend it. @/etymologynerd on tiktok/substack also has a lot of posts abt it and has a book coming out soon called 'algospeak'. I hope I'm not just telling you a load of things you already know hehe. Have a great day :))

GASP. I’ve never heard of the first one before so I’m going to read it as soon as I can.

Eytomology nerd was actually my introduction to etymology!