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Mostly you expect food items to be named something delicious-sounding — and not something that your kids would come up with if they were playing a game about a swamp. So what's with the new chocolate bar, the Hormbles Chormbles? Jaya Saxena of @Eater attempts to understand this product intended to "disrupt the candy industry." Just for fun and because we're nosy, tell us in the comments what you think a Hormbles Chormbles sounds like it would be.

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A collage of yellow candy bar wrappers reading “hormbles chormbles” on each
Eater · Hormbles Chormbles Is a New Candy Bar With the Weirdest Possible NameBy Jaya Saxena
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🔴 **Word of the week: Tariff**

Nancy Friedman

“_It was actually exported twice: first from Arabic ta’rif (“information, notification, a making known; inventory of fees to be paid”) into Italian, and then, in the late 1500s, from Italian tariffa (“a book of rates for duties”) into English._”

🔗 fritinancy.substack.com/p/word.

#Words #English #Language #Etymology #Linguistics @linguistics

Fritinancy · Word of the week: TariffBy Nancy Friedman
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Day 13 🗡️✍️🗳️

“In Australia, in a #democracy, you make your #arguments with #words, not #weapons,” he told Sunrise.

“If people want to come up to us and have a chat, they can.”

“If they don’t like us, then they might mumble something under their breath or cross the road – you never want to see the sorts of threats of #physical #violence happen, like we’ve seen #overseas.” — Member for #Blaxland

Does Australia and Australians need violence for political change? NO, thats why we vote.

Both major Political parties have “Pay to meet the Politician” programs for the largest bidders, so saying the public can chat to any Politician, especially serving members is unrealistic & patronising.

#AusPol / #Liberal / #LNP / #Labor #JasonClare / #PeterDutton <theguardian.com/australia-news>

The Guardian · ‘Brutal business’: Brisbane boy charged over alleged terror plot targeting Peter DuttonBy Guardian staff reporter
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Ross of Ottawa

Further to earlier toots about words in #English architecture dependent on geography – it was only through years of hanging out with British friends that I realized their "garden" didn't actually mean a soil-turned, rows of flowers or veg. It was in fact just their "yard."

We here may have a garden in our yard or maybe not. In UK/Aus it could be that people have no "garden" at all in their garden.

Why isn't the London police HQ located at "Scotland Garden" though?

#Language#words
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Jocelyn

#Bonobos may combine #words in ways previously thought unique to humans - #TheGuardian

"Yelps – thought to mean “let’s do that” – followed by grunts – thought to mean “look at what I am doing”, were combined to make “yelp-grunt”, which appeared to mean “let’s do what I’m doing”. The combination, the team said, reflected the sum of its parts and was used by bonobos to encourage others to build their night nests."

#language #animal #animalCommunication #greatApes

theguardian.com/science/2025/a

The Guardian · Bonobos may combine words in ways previously thought unique to humansBy Nicola Davis
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