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ada nicolle @adanicklmao.bsky.social · Aug 26

this might be the best URL of all time
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%F0%9F%...

🫟 - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/🫟

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ada nicolle @adanicklmao.bsky.social · Aug 8

kid after waking up first at a sleepover: "um, not to be that friend who's too woke..."

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ada nicolle @adanicklmao.bsky.social · Jul 29

i’m not able to show up in person this year to defend my title, so i hope everyone has a blast 💖💖 what a lineup!!

Fill Me In @fillmeinpodcast.bsky.social · Jul 29

This week, Brooke Husic drops by the FMI studio to offer the Announcement of the Year — who is making puzzles for Lollapuzzoola! Is there more? Well, yes: how to count, how to order food in Russia, how to alienate a brilliant web designer ... typical stuff. #crossword #podcast bemoresmarter.com/fmi

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Ettuardo "Ettu" Etui @ettuetui.bsky.social · Jul 22

[Guy who has never heard of the new york times Crossword] “I wonder what Will shortz is up to nowadays”

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Adam Aaronson @aaronson.bsky.social · Jul 23

I drank every cocktail on the IBA official cocktail list, and I wrote some words about it

aaronson.org/blog/i-drank...

I Drank Every Cocktail

The International Bartenders Association, or IBA, maintains a list of official cocktails, ones they deem to be “the most requested recipes” at bars all around the world. It’s the closest thing the bar...

aaronson.org

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ada nicolle @adanicklmao.bsky.social · Jul 23

my dad forgot how to spell “vicious” so he ended up calling the cat viscous

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ada nicolle @adanicklmao.bsky.social · Jul 23

i tried using a stage name for a bit but then went back to using my real name onstage. turns out if i'm trans i can't refer to that as "detransitioning"

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ada nicolle @adanicklmao.bsky.social · Jul 23

iCarly episode titles exist solely so that Apple can't name their next products stuff like "iBloop 2: Electric Bloopaloo"

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ada nicolle @adanicklmao.bsky.social · Jul 23

dividing by 3 and then seeing a bunch of 3s in the decimal is so scary. it's like killing a spider but then discovering its nest

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ada nicolle @adanicklmao.bsky.social · Jul 21

i love this kitty so much

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ada's puzzles @luckyxwords.com · Jul 18

recently i’ve been playing around with the idea of crosswords as art, not to be solved but observed. this is an attempt to look at the inside of my head

“Puzzle Pieces 01”

a collage of personal filled crossword grids

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ada nicolle @adanicklmao.bsky.social · Jul 14

i now have @luckyxwords.com on here so follow me there too!

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ada nicolle @adanicklmao.bsky.social · Jul 11

wanna feel old? people born next year are turning 50 🤯

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ada nicolle @adanicklmao.bsky.social · Jul 10

this cat loves to yell and yell