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ResearchBuzz: FirehosePsyPost: Incel forum users arrive angry—and their language gets more extreme over time. “A study of prolific users on incel forums found that these individuals express more anger in their comments than users on other comparable social media platforms. However, they did not express greater sadness. The researchers also found that many users were already using incel-specific vocabulary when […]<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/21/psypost-incel-forum-users-arrive-angry-and-their-language-gets-more-extreme-over-time/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/21/psypost-incel-forum-users-arrive-angry-and-their-language-gets-more-extreme-over-time/</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseUniversity of Michigan: Tweeted metaphors shape views about immigration. “People with strong political views about immigration can wield significant influence by crafting tweets laden with metaphors, shaping how others grasp this hotly contested issue.”<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/29/university-of-michigan-tweeted-metaphors-shape-views-about-immigration/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/29/university-of-michigan-tweeted-metaphors-shape-views-about-immigration/</a>

InterNutter :nb_verify:A little think piece about something I encountered this week: <a href="https://cmweller.com/saccharine-offensiveness/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://cmweller.com/saccharine-offensiveness/</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/weirdwriterwednesday" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#weirdwriterwednesday</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/languageuse" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#languageuse</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/deception" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deception</a>

PsyPostLanguage use predicts depression and anxiety severity over time <a href="https://www.psypost.org/language-use-predicts-depression-and-anxiety-severity-over-time/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.psypost.org/language-use-predicts-depression-and-anxiety-severity-over-time/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LanguageUse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LanguageUse</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Depression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Depression</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Anxiety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Anxiety</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NegativeWords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NegativeWords</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MentalHealth</a>

The-14Language-related misunderstanding at work: What it is, why it occurs and what organizations can do about it <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Work" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Work</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Jobs</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Language</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Workplace" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Workplace</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Slang" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Slang</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Jargon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Jargon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/LanguageUse" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#LanguageUse</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/WorkplaceCommunication" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#WorkplaceCommunication</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/LanguageDiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#LanguageDiversity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/PreventMisunderstanding" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#PreventMisunderstanding</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/EffectiveTeams" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#EffectiveTeams</a> <a href="https://the-14.com/language-related-misunderstanding-at-work-what-it-is-why-it-occurs-and-what-organizations-can-do-about-it/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://the-14.com/language-related-misunderstanding-at-work-what-it-is-why-it-occurs-and-what-organizations-can-do-about-it/</a>

xannaAnother little difference I enjoy is whether or not words like physics, politics, economics, maths are treated as singular or plural.A poll! Plz RT!Choose option for your choice, and for whether you consider yourself to use Hiberno-English or not.<a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Language</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/LanguageUse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LanguageUse</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linguistics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/HibernoEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HibernoEnglish</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Poll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Poll</a>

Matt Hodgkinson<a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/@ColinTheMathmo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ColinTheMathmo</a> "Just about" makes sense for something done by increments: "I'm just about finished"; "I'm just about there"; "I just about understand".For a binary situation, such as catching or not catching a train, "just about" doesn't make sense."I only just caught the train" or "I just missed the train" would express the two options here without ambiguity. <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/LanguageUse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LanguageUse</a>

Leo McKay JrI’m not 100% comfortable with the proliferation of “gift” as a verb and I might as well just come out and say it.<a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#words</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/meanings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#meanings</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/LanguageUse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LanguageUse</a>

Guy Emerson<a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/Introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Introduction</a> with <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/Hashtags" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hashtags</a><a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/Hi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hi</a>, I work on <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/ComputationalLinguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ComputationalLinguistics</a> (<a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/CompLing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CompLing</a>): I develop models of human <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/LanguageLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LanguageLearning</a> and <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/LanguageUse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LanguageUse</a>, and I test them on <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/RealWorldData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RealWorldData</a>. One focus of my work has been on <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/Lexical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Lexical</a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/Semantics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Semantics</a>, looking at how a word's <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/Meaning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Meaning</a> can be learnt from <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/Context" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Context</a>, and indeed what kind of <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/MeaningRepresentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MeaningRepresentation</a> to use in the first place. This work is <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/Interdisciplinary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Interdisciplinary</a>, drawing on <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/Linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linguistics</a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/PhilosophyOfLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PhilosophyOfLanguage</a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/CognitiveScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CognitiveScience</a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/MachineLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MachineLearning</a><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/linguistics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@linguistics</a>

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