Alex Turner @aluxt

lexicographer /// phonaestheticist /// calligrapher /// utahn /// someone/somebody /// writing in @poetrymagazine and @NERweb maturnerpoetry.com Centerville, UT Joined June 2012

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Ryan Grim @ryangrim

6 months ago

Mike Waltz has now put more human sources at risk than @Snowden and @wikileaks combined

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Alex Turner @aluxt

11 months ago

Still grieving for the @OED I've already lost hours of my life having to deal with their clunky new design for which they jilted this compact lexicographical masterpiece.

Alex Turner @aluxt

2 years ago

Still grieving for the @OED I've already lost hours of my life having to deal with their clunky new design for which they jilted this compact lexicographical masterpiece.

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Alex Turner @aluxt

11 months ago

I'm a big fan of Tillamook's Dark Chocolate Cookies & Cream flavor. 5 out of 5 ice-cream scoops. It combines my two favorite things: dark chocolate & ampersands. 🥄🥄🥄🥄🥄 @TillamookDairy

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Alex Turner @aluxt

a year ago

I heard on the radio that the "dog workers" have resolved their strike. Great for them! Um, yeah, what's a "dog worker"? (100% correct answers only)

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a year ago

I'd rather spend time looking at a bird than this.

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Alex Turner @aluxt

a year ago

What is the gender-neutral form of yessir/yes'm?

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I'm reviving a sourdough starter I had in the freezer for a few years. The culture has been putting out a lot vinegary smells over the first few days. Good to know that you don't have to be multicellular to get grumpy after a long nap.

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Alex Turner @aluxt

2 years ago

Immediately distrust any spellchecker that wants to change “Utahn” to “Utahan”.

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Alex Turner @aluxt

a year ago

Just wrote a few paragraphs about the word 'bejesus' for a job application questionnaire. I got this in the bebag!

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Josh RR Jokien @joshcarlosjosh

a year ago

BREAKING: Biden passes the test. He will diminish, and go into the West, and remain a single-term President

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Alex Turner @aluxt

a year ago

When someone says a tongue-twisting phrase, you might respond with "say that __ times fast". What number would you use?

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Alex Turner @aluxt

a year ago

I think I'm going to transition to suspenders. I don't want to deal with any more saggy-ass belts.

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Alex Turner @aluxt

a year ago

The opposite of the lion's share is

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Alex Turner @aluxt

a year ago

"this" is my favorite first-person pronoun

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Alex Turner @aluxt

a year ago

Really? No "dace"? Get your act together, #SpellingBee Almost as bad as not having "atlatl"

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Alex Turner @aluxt

a year ago

Why in the world would a poetry journal only accept submissions in .DOCX format and not .PDF? Unrelated: @nprmusic 's next Tiny Desk Contest will only accept submissions in MIDI files.