babybuu:

hotephoetips:

i treat people how i want to be treated until i notice a lack of reciprocity

then i begin to treat them how they treat me

and that’s when people usually notice that there’s a problem

“you acting different”

yeah

again for emphasis.

roselupus:

dirtyhecker:

abbiemillsamericandream:

abbiemillsamericandream:

justjimei:

operahousebookworm:

hermoninee-granger:

oniongentleman:

steftastan:

maverikloki:

penbrydd:

leonawriter:

everylineeverystory:

soggywarmpockets:

rnatthewgraygublers:

melancholicmarionette:

emmablackeru:

tassiekitty:

ranetree:

extravagantshoes:

cellostargalactica:

IT’S NOT ‘PEEKED’ MY INTEREST

OR ‘PEAKED’

BUT PIQUED

‘PIQUED MY INTEREST’

THIS HAS BEEN A CAPSLOCK PSA

THIS IS ACTUALLY REALLY USEFUL THANK YOU

ADDITIONALLY:

YOU ARE NOT ‘PHASED’. YOU ARE ‘FAZED.’

IF IT HAS BEEN A VERY LONG DAY, YOU ARE ‘WEARY’. IF SOMEONE IS ACTING IN A WAY THAT MAKES YOU SUSPICIOUS, YOU ARE ‘WARY’.

ALL IN ‘DUE’ TIME, NOT ‘DO’ TIME

‘PER SE’ NOT ‘PER SAY’

THANK YOU

BREATHE - THE VERB FORM IN PRESENT TENSE

BREATH - THE NOUN FORM

THEY ARE NOT INTERCHANGEABLE

WANDER - TO WALK ABOUT AIMLESSLY

WONDER - TO THINK OF IN A DREAMLIKE AND/OR WISTFUL MANNER

THEY ARE NOT INTERCHANGEABLE (but one’s mind can wander)

DEFIANT - RESISTANT
DEFINITE - CERTAIN

WANTON - DELIBERATE AND UNPROVOKED ACTION (ALSO AN ARCHAIC TERM FOR A PROMISCUOUS WOMAN)

WONTON - IT’S A DUMPLING THAT’S ALL IT IS IT’S A FUCKING DUMPLING

BAWL- TO SOB/CRY

BALL- A FUCKING BALL

YOU CANNOT “BALL” YOUR EYES OUT

AND FOR FUCK’S SAKE, IT’S NOT “SIKE”; IT’S “PSYCH”. AS IN “I PSYCHED YOU OUT”; BECAUSE YOU MOMENTARILY MADE SOMEONE BELIEVE SOMETHING THAT WASN’T TRUE.

THANK YOU.

*slams reblog*

IT’S ‘MIGHT AS WELL’. ‘MIND AS WELL’ DOES NOT MAKE GRAMMATICAL SENSE.

SLEIGHT - DEXTERITY, ARTIFICE, CRAFT (FROM ‘SLY’)
SLIGHT - VERY LITTLE, FRAIL, DELICATE

IT’S ‘SLEIGHT OF HAND’.

CAN I ADD TO THIS TOO?

IT’S NOT ‘COULD OF’, THAT DOESN’T MAKE ANY SENSE WHATSOEVER. IT’S ‘COULD HAVE’. SAME APPLIES TO ‘SHOULD HAVE’.

And this is why my students look at me as though I’m the devil when I try to tell them that no i’m not lying this really is a thing

IT’S ‘COULDN’T CARE LESS’ NOT ‘COULD CARE LESS’ IF YOU COULD CARE LESS THAT MEANS YOU CARE

VOILA - ROUGHLY TRANSLATES AS “LOOK AT THAT” (VOI-LA)

VIOLA - AN INSTRUMENT SIMILAR TO THE VIOLIN

WALLAH - MEANINGLESS GIBBERISH AND YOU JUST MADE SOMEONE CRY

HOW ABOUT THESE?

CLOTH - A PIECE OF MATERIAL LIKE COTTON

CLOTHE - TO PUT CLOTHES ON SOMEONE

CLOTHES - THE THINGS TO MAKE SURE YOU’RE NOT NAKED

ALSO IT’S FREAKING “REIN IN YOUR EMOTIONS” LIKE WHAT YOU WOULD DO TO A HORSE NOT “REIGN IN YOUR EMOTIONS” BECAUSE THAT IS THE TIME OF A RULING FOR ROYALTY THE IDIOM IS BASED OFF OF HORSE STUFF!

oh we doing this?? bet!

Originally posted by arrowreactiongifs

fiancé/fiancée are loan words from french and are therefore gendered (yeah i know it sucks, blame latin). the former is masculine, so used for male/masc people. femmes use the latter.

in the same vein, widow = femme, widower = masc

(sorry, i’m not currently aware of any gender neutral terms for either of the above terms except maybe betrothed or affianced for engaged people or the bereaved for the Left Behind, but they sound so horribly outdated so idk)

speaking of veins!

vein = blood vessel that carries blood back to the heart, or, in the way i used it above, having a distinctive style or tendency

vain = self-absorbed, conceited

conceited = self-absorbed, vain

conceded = withdrew, gave up, forfeited (i.e., “conceded the point”)

ancestors = those who came before (harriet tubman is my ancestor)

descendants = those who came after (i am a descendant of harriet tubman)

supine = face up, prone = face down

affect = to impact or change (or, in a psychological context, one’s expression of emotion as demonstrated through facial expression, tone of voice, or body language)

effect = the result of a change (or, in verb form, to influence, as in “to effect change”)

preceded = went before (”she preceded him into the room” means she went into the room before he did)

proceeded (i happen to loathe this word but whatever, it’s my issue) = to move forward or to begin or continue a course of action (”she proceeded to jump” is a horrible and jarring way–my issue, sorry–to say she began to jump)

rein = to curb, as in “rein in your emotions”

reign = to rule, like a king (also, a ruler’s period of rule, i.e., beyoncé’s reign is far from over)

shudder = like a shiver, usu. in revulsion or fear

shutter = to close, as in a business when it’s bankrupt. also, a type of window covering

bear with me = be patient with me (alternatively, there is a large ursine animal with me)

bare with me = naked with me

“no one” is two words

so is “a lot”

it is “deep-seated,” not “deep seeded.” the latter applies to gardening.

it was mentioned above, sort of, but the abbreviation of could have is “could’ve.” see also “should’ve,” and “would’ve.”

crap i forgot:

discreet = inconspicuous, low key

discrete = separate, individual

i can’t believe none of y'all mentioned poring/pouring. poring means you’re looking over something, poring over documents or a map or whatever. pouring means you’re dumping some shit on some other shit, pouring water, pouring sand. if you’re pouring over a map i always picture a really sweaty individual who forgot their deodorant that morning.

Reblog to save a life.

suren1990:

I hate it when I like a boy because I lose my powers

etrogim:

i like to pretend i’m a heartless apathetic b*tch but in reality i’m a baby who cares a fucking lot and emotionally invests myself in everything and is hurt 98.3% of the time