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Actually, "let's see what's trending on mastodon." doesn't sound wrong to my ears at all, but maybe that's because I've been around people who say that for a co

by daveid 10y ago

Actually, "let's see what's trending on mastodon." doesn't sound wrong to my ears at all, but maybe that's because I've been around people who say that for a couple of months. For reference, the community-decided verb/noun for posting on Mastodon is "toot" (as in, the elephant sound), so that would be "can you toot me". I mean. It's ridiculous, but I like it. It's endearing.

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JoshTriplett 10y ago
"trumpet" would have been more fun, and sound less off-color in casual conversation.
- Mithaldu 10y ago
  Community didn't like it for being too long.
- adfm 10y ago
  Oddly, "trump" is a euphemism for fart in UK.
  - grzm 10y ago
    What does this have to do with the topic at hand other than a common sequence of five letters?
    - detritus 10y ago
      Because it was raised as a concern a couple of posts up in relation to Tooting a mastodon message?
zdean 10y ago
In America (and I may be biased b/c my kids say it all the time) to toot means to blow your car horn...but it also means to fart. If I say "I tooted this morning," most people will assume I farted. You might want to reconsider that one.
- ColanR 10y ago
  haha!