Etymology of 'dinker'?
Discussing the origins of words and phrases, in English or any other language.I wish that 1 million monkey paws would appear and bang out the complete works of Shakespeare on a typewriter.
🐒 Beware the Paw, a symbol of desire, for wishes untamed can set the heart on fire.The objectively best regnal name for the next Pope
Linguistics Humor: a sub for humor relating to linguisticsAn off-color pun

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If the new pope doesn't choose this name, I'm going to be very disappointed
Sub for posts about Ancient Greek history, archaeology, language, philosophy, art, poetry, theatre - anything interesting about the culture and history of the ancient Hellenes, from around 1500 BCE until the demise of the Ancient World (approximately 400 CE). This is a history sub, so try to keep it on topic. Conspiracies, memes and pseudo history are not welcome. So Χαίρετε to you all!The new Pope's papal name better come from this end of the table

A place for history memes about events over 20 years ago.
[Request] How small would a unit of volume and time have to be to fit 52! of it into our universe?
And they said math has no real world applicationsI wish that a paleontology team found the remains of a spaceship in a geological layer from the Miocene, and published their findings.
🐒 Beware the Paw, a symbol of desire, for wishes untamed can set the heart on fire.An Era of Final Rulers
Timeline comparisons! For reference: She was born in 1929. Barbara Walters is 5'5" or 1.65m. We don't want actual scale comparisons though, just timeline comparisons!Some thoughts on the 30th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing
The official subreddit for the socialist streamer & media critic VaushAnniversary of Operation Priboi - 1949 Soviet deportations from the Baltic States
Dunking on tankies from a leftist (anti-capitalist) perspective. A tankie is someone who defends/supports authoritarian/ totalitarian regimes under the guise of socialism. The term originated from those who supported the 1956 invasion of Hungary by the Soviet Union. Nowadays, most tankies are terminally online genocide-deniers who fall heavily for the state propaganda coming from their beloved regimes.Baaaaaaaased
Dunking on tankies from a leftist (anti-capitalist) perspective. A tankie is someone who defends/supports authoritarian/ totalitarian regimes under the guise of socialism. The term originated from those who supported the 1956 invasion of Hungary by the Soviet Union. Nowadays, most tankies are terminally online genocide-deniers who fall heavily for the state propaganda coming from their beloved regimes.Why don't the Spanish do this? Are they stupid?
Linguistics Humor: a sub for humor relating to linguisticsQuestion for Spanish speakers - strange word for 'sugar'?
Discussing the origins of words and phrases, in English or any other language.All it takes is a week in Cancun

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