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Fri, 24 May 2013 01:30:18 +0100

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Fri, 24 May 2013 01:01:20 +0100

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Thu, 23 May 2013 01:30:27 +0100

hellanne: Double - Tailed Wonder!! (by David Cartier)

Thu, 23 May 2013 01:01:04 +0100

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Double - Tailed Wonder!! (by David Cartier)

"It is funny how you do not miss affection until it is given, but once it is, it can never be enough;..."

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:30:34 +0100

“It is funny how you do not miss affection until it is given, but once it is, it can never be enough; you would drown in it if possible.”

- Libba Bray (via hellanne)

The Origins of 9 Great British Insults

Wed, 22 May 2013 01:30:42 +0100

The Origins of 9 Great British Insults:

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WAZZOCK
Wazzock was a particularly prevalent—and particularly loutish—insult in the 1990s. At the time, “lad culture” ran throughout British music and television, and wazzock, a North-England accented contraction of the sarcastic wiseacre (a know-it-all) became a powerful tool to shoot people down in an argument.
LUMMOX
Though the etymology of lummox is heavily disputed, one thing is for certain: It came from East Anglia, the coastal outcrop of Britain above London. There, around 1825, someone threw out the word as an insult, and it stuck, becoming a typically British go-to term. Some linguists believe it comes from the verb lummock, which typified a lummox: it means a clumsy oaf.
SKIVER
Skivers and shirkers are one and the same. Someone who manages to duck under any responsibility and loaf around, doing very little, is a skiver. The origins of this particular insult are contested: some think it’s from an Old Norse word—skifa—meaning “slice,” whereby the worker slices off as much work as possible.
MINGER
Often hurled at the opposite sex, to call someone a minger is to say they are objectively unattractive. Though etymologists struggle to agree where the word came from, it seems likely that it stems from the Old Scots word meng, meaning “sh**.” We didn’t say it was pretty.
NINCOMPOOP
For such a colloquial word, nincompoop actually has a very learned past. Samuel Johnson, the compiler of England’s first proper dictionary, claims the word comes from the Latin phrase non compos mentis (“not of right mind”), and was originally a legal term.
PILLOCK
As words are used more regularly, the laziness of pronunciation can often warp them slightly. So it was with pillock. Originally pillicock (a Norwegian slang word for penis), the word has since been condensed to plain old pillock—though its meaning remains.
CLOD HOPPER
According to the brilliant Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, dating back to 1811 and compiled by Captain Francis Grose, a clod hopper refers to a country farmer or ploughman—with the implication nowadays that you’re slow witted and bumbling.
DUNAKER
Grose’s Dictionary of vulgarities is a rich seam of overlooked insults. In the 200 years since it was published, there have been several terms that have fallen out of favor. One of them is dunaker, a common thief of cows and calves.
GIT
By calling someone a git, you’re invoking the old Scots word get, which means “bastard.” When it came down south of the border, it lost its harsh vowel sound and became something softer, albeit with the required spikiness in.

dayanelimapimenta: Lisboa

Wed, 22 May 2013 01:01:14 +0100

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Lisboa

vaginashavefeelingstoo: black-culture: Louis Armstrong plays...

Wed, 22 May 2013 00:30:47 +0100

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Louis Armstrong plays for his wife, Lucille, in front of the Sphinx and Great pyramids in Giza, Egypt.

Everyone officially has to up their game.

"Nothing makes us so lonely as our secrets."

Tue, 21 May 2013 01:30:26 +0100

“Nothing makes us so lonely as our secrets.”

- Paul Tournier (via hellanne)

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Tue, 21 May 2013 01:01:02 +0100

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Tue, 21 May 2013 00:30:32 +0100

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red-lipstick: Cristie Henry - Gingerly RelinquishingThe Night’s...

Mon, 20 May 2013 01:30:37 +0100

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Cristie Henry - Gingerly RelinquishingThe Night’s Long Journey Paintings: Oil on Canvas

i12bent: Albert King (April 25, 1923 – 1992) - great blues...

Mon, 20 May 2013 01:01:11 +0100

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Albert King (April 25, 1923 – 1992) - great blues guitarist and singer and 2013 inductee in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame…

theanimalblog: Honeybee. Photo by William

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:30:42 +0100

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Honeybee. Photo by William

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Sun, 19 May 2013 18:09:36 +0100

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hogwartsradio: Photos of J.K. Rowling’s notes in rare...

Sun, 19 May 2013 17:53:19 +0100

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Photos of J.K. Rowling’s notes in rare ‘Philosopher’s Stone’ book released

The Guardian has published photos of three pages containing a sketch and handwritten notes by J.K. Rowling from a first edition… READ MORE

nevver: Knock loud, I’m home

Sun, 19 May 2013 01:30:29 +0100

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Knock loud, I’m home

firsttimeuser: Diwan-i-am

Sun, 19 May 2013 01:01:04 +0100

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