Unsurprisingly a strong contender for Denmark’s word of the year loosely translates as “community spirit” or “social mindedness” bbc.com/travel/story/2… via BBC Travel #TuesdayTrivia #languages

New portmanteau alert (well, new to me anyway). Back in the day it would’ve just been called a “guide”... 🤔

Move over doomscrolling... there’s a new word in town: GLEEFRESHING (the dawn of a new, happy era of obsessive refreshing) slate.com/human-interest… via @slate #MondayMusings #language

No big surprise there then! Lockdown named #wordoftheyear by Collins Dictionary theguardian.com/books/2020/nov…

Did you know that FURLOUGH comes from Dutch verlof, from ver (for) and lof (leave) - related to Swedish förlof? I didn’t... #wednesdaywisdom #etymology

What a wonderful idea & one we could all embrace - even if it’s just for a few gifts to start with! #mondaythoughts

Not sure what the garden birds would make of this product substitute suggestion Sainsbury's 🤔

Missing those random sparks of inspiration gleaned at the office? Wordtree offers up some suggestions for replicating them at home... wordtree.com/reintroducing-… #workingfromhome #remoteworking #creativity

“It's both unprecedented and a little ironic - in a year that left us speechless, 2020 has been filled with new words unlike any other." bbc.co.uk/news/entertain… #wordoftheyear #language #words

Decided to give the new Topics to Follow a whirl to see if it livens up my newsfeed, kicking off with Arts & Culture. Have you followed any Topics? If so, which one(s) did you decide to go for?

Sounds rather appealing right now 🙄 #MondayMusings theguardian.com/science/2020/d…

No surprises which #words & #phrases top LSSU’s banished words list for 2021! lssu.edu/traditions/ban…

In need of some creative inspiration? You may well find some interesting (& slightly offbeat) ideas here… (h/t Wordtree) forbes.com/sites/jessicah… #creativityeveryday #FridayMotivation

HYEMATION means the passing of winter in a particular place, or a wintering. It derives from Latin hiemāre "to winter" & ultimately hiems, "winter". In case you were wondering, its antonym is ESTIVATION. Let’s hope we don’t have to spend this summer at home too… #WordOfTheDay

Interesting glimpse into how live #theatre may return... qz.com/1960980/lesson…

Just watched the last two eps of #ItsASin. Might have had something in my eye 😢 #80smusic #80sgirl

One for all my fellow linguists & word nerds theguardian.com/world/2021/feb… #language #words

Now you too can have your Mondrian & eat it 😀 If you like #cake & #art, check out this fabulous Flickr a/c which combines the best of both worlds! (h/t Charlie Budd) flickr.com/photos/5165363…

Love a good business name #pun! And they get bonus points for correct use of the apostrophe 👍🏻

Feeling sluggish? Memory a bit hazy? You’re not alone... but the good news is that for most of us, brain fog will be a temporary state & will clear as we begin to live more varied lives. theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…