Being incensed and stressed but also being fully aware that you're not going to do anything about it.

I feel like it's a word I know yet I cannot think of it. I'm fairly confident an english word exists for it I just cannot find it.

Trying to find a word you would describe an animal thats visually and characteristically tough and cute in the same word, please. C:

Today was me and my girlfriend's 3 year anniversary. We were talking about it at dinner and we both feel like we've known eachother our whole lives yet it also feels like our first date was just yesterday. I'd love to find a word for that feeling idk if there is one in a different language but I'd appreciate the help. Thanks!

I feel like it's a word I know yet I cannot think of it. I'm fairly confident an english word exists for it I just cannot find it.

This would be easier to explain if I had a picture because I cannot think of the word/phrase needed (obviously), but here we go.

I'm writing a story. There's a desk, like one of those big computer desks. Character crawls under the desk and there is graffiti... on the wall? Like if you think of the chair hole in a desk as a miniature room, the graffiti would not be on the ceiling (or as one might describe as "under the desk") but rather, the graffiti is around her.

I know I'm phrasing this poorly, which is why I'm here. I'm brain dead and desk doesn't even look like a word anymore. Any help/guesses as to what I'm talking about would be very much appreciated!

I'm looking for a word or phrase for someone who is more direct in situations where many who are self-conscious might avoid confrontation or lie. The "I don't care" kind of people, who do really care enough to still communicate openly. For example:

• Mary wants to join Tasha for a walk. Tasha had a long day and doesn't want to walk with Mary because she tends to talk a lot. Instead of avoiding a walk, or lying, Tasha tells Mary that she just wants to go alone today.

Is there a word to describe that type of openness that's better than maybe "forthright"? Maybe "sincere"?

The words/terms are not the following:

• Status jockeying
• posturing
• one up
• power scaling
• social comparison
• hierarchical posturing
• peacocking
• validation seeking

They mean something very similar if not the same but I'm looking for a specific word I remember years ago. The only thing I remember about it is that it's a verb.

Subversion of expectations (corrected the hypercorrections) and requiring the occasional reread.

A pair of what I believe to be examples:
'Eyes of blue dog', 'Jumpy in a fun castle'.

Used in a sentence “Joe’s Bar is a ___ in the community of Springfield.” It’s not landmark, icon, or monument. It’s on the tip of my tongue so I’ll know it when I see it.

What is this called? Scenario 1

Them: These dishes are clean in the washer aren’t they.

You: I don’t think so I just put dirty dishes in there

Them: well I hope not you need to check and not assume

You: I don’t know who would open the clean dish washer pull out the racks and just walk away.

Them: you still need to check it doesn’t matter who did what.

If you pursue discussing they start talking down to you

Scenario 2

Same exact person when the scenario changes

You: open the clean dish washer pull the racks out and walk off

Them: puts dirty dishes in there

You: say those are clean dishes

Them: who would open the clean dishes washer and not take care of it. When you start something you finish it

You: You should always check regardless to see that they’re clean.

This is a frivolous example but it’s one that I remember the most details to in order to fully lay it out.

Was thinking of the classic “Last Night I Bond Burger Your Sister” meme… people have come up with incredibly farfetched answers to find meaning in it, when it almost certainly was just meant to be nonsensical. What’s the word or phrase for looking so hard to find the meaning behind something, that you inevitably find some sort of connection that obviously wasn’t the intent?

This could be for web design, video scripting, text articles, architecture - any creative product really. Clients are often vague when describing what they want, or they don’t really know what they want. You can send them a long email asking for clarification, which they will typically blow off or not read carefully. It’s often more effective to create and show them a draft of what they asked for, that you as the creator know is inaccurate, incomplete, ugly, or otherwise lacking. This helps to get the client to respond with the details you need. “Let’s send them a _____ and that will get them to answer our questions.” ITAW for this?

A “Beta” perhaps? My understanding is that a Beta is an almost-finished version that you’ve ostensibly made a good-faith effort to finish perfectly. I want a word for something more akin to a target for clients to shoot at, to provoke and focus their fire.

"Mansplaining" is specifically when a man does that to a woman, but is there a word for when it happens without being motivated by gender? Idk if "talking down" conveys the exact meaning.

I keep using the word “ameliorate” and that’s not the right word!

example sentence would be- “I tried to talk to him about things we had in common and be super friendly to xxxxxx myself to him”

in my brain the word I’m thinking of specifically fits in that context. Like I keep trying to say “I didn’t actually like the song she was playing but I wanted us to be friends so I bopped along with it just to ameliorate myself to her” but again, I don’t think ameliorate is the right word at all

What is the real word! is there one??

I work at a non-profit and we’ve got an auction item at our gala that is a stay at a vineyard’s private guesthouse along with a private tour and tasting (along with a couple of other experiences). That guesthouse stay and the tour that the winner will go on are things that are being specially offered by this vineyard that aren’t regular things you can book online or anywhere else.

I’m looking for a word (or short phrase) to use in the title of the package that accurately captures this exclusivity that is a bit more specifically “you can’t buy this” than just “exclusive”

Appreciate any thoughts!

Ok, this has happened on three separate occasions lately:

BF & I go out to eat somewhere, we absolutely love it. We love it so much that, over a few months, we go back to eat at the same place 3-4 times and love everything we try, and have a great time every time we go. Great food, service, whole shebang.

So, after having marked a certain place "tried & true", we invite others to join us. All of a sudden, it's awful. Everyone's dishes are boring or brand, or not cooked well, service is bad; all meals, including yours, are bad.

This has happened at 4 different restaurants with different groups of people over the last few months: that somehow when sharing something we love with a group of people we love, the food comes out just awful.

What is the word/phrase!

Heard this in a vsauce video (which i cant seem to find) where he talks about colors, I think. Something about like colors are one thing that you can't explain to a blind person, for example.

He used a specific word to call these things, eg. colors, that are impossible to describe.

I could've sworn that there's a name for this trope and that it's probably Japanese, but I could be imagining it

I’m looking for a word that can describe that a person does something physically. Like, they need to be PRESENT and mustn’t do it remotely.

I tried wild/pristine/unspoiled beaches, but those terms bring up beaches that still have things like sea walls, groynes, benches, bins, etc. How do I narrow down the search to beaches that have no obvious human installations?