Extravagant Words (Incidental Comics)

Incidental Comics by Grant Snider, for February 22, 2024

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19 Comments

RemembertheApollo@kbin.social · 16 pts · 2y

Frittering my life away, latibulating on my corner computer, earning skins, frippery, for my gaming character, while wearing my haku...a gaming headset.

FreshLight@sh.itjust.works · 13 pts · 2y (2 replies)

My life motto:

Latibulating and Masturbating

TheGreenGolem@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Latibating?

beebarfbadger@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y

masturbulating

don@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 2y

I once got arrested for latibulating in public. It was unreal.

thehatfox@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y

Is there a stronger word than latibulate? In today’s world I think I could do with it.

342345@feddit.de · 7 pts · 2y (3 replies)

Interesting. Those words really do exist. I looked them all up. But haku seems to mean kingfish - so not something one wears on the head or is it?

mwproductions@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y

Haku is a Hawaiian word. Haku leis are worn on the head.

Deceptichum@kbin.social · 6 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Collins only gives fish, a few others only give flowers:

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/haku

342345@feddit.de · 2 pts · 2y

Ha. Thanks. It smelled like deception to me, now I'm at ease. ;)

UtMan1988@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Sounds like we gotta make a trip to the Dictionary Of Obscure Sorrows https://www.dictionaryofobscuresorrows.com/

essteeyou@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y (1 reply)

That sounds awesome, but in practice perhaps it should be called the dictionary of bad web design. I get one tiny column on the left side of my phone screen. The "Continue" and "Archive" buttons/links are seemingly only at the very bottom of the page, and they don't work when tapped on.

Is there an obscure sorrow in the dictionary for that?

Skua@kbin.social · 3 pts · 2y

The wends, perhaps?

The terrible formatting is basically because it's a blog in which each word is posted as the writer comes up with them rather than being an actual dictionary. I have the book and it's somewhat better sorted, but even then it's grouped into general themes rather than alphabetical order

Mr_wright808@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y

Haku is a verb not a noun, its a style of lei making.

ThunderWhiskers@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

I really enjoy this.

Anticorp@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day

Fritter and waste the hours in an off-hand way-ee-yaay!

Latibulate is a quality word which I will most certainly add to my vocabulary.

Kolanaki@yiffit.net · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

The Pink Floyd made me wanna say listen to some Mars Volta for a plethora of new words. Deloused in the Comatorium is filled with songs almost entirely consisting of unused language.

Anticorp@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

I've never even heard of Mars Volta, but I'll definitely check them out now!

Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

I like these words:)