why that’s a perfectly cromulent word: neologisms coined, defined and used in a sentence by a machine learning algorithm—via Things magazine
elrodon, son of halcyon: anti-depressant (see also) or Tolkien character—via Super Punch
your perfectly creased coordinated casuals: Kristen Wiig reads the early work of Suzanne Somers—via Nag on the Lake
specious logic: Trump argues against testing and tracing
howards end: E. M. Forster’s prescient 1909 sci-fi foray “The Machine Stops”
the floor is haunted: responsibly confined to our own living rooms, AI Weirdness (previously) imagines escape rooms
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