Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world to pics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoMy buddy's Christmas card. Thought it was junk mail from the local grocer.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1644arrow-down113
arrow-up1631arrow-down1imageMy buddy's Christmas card. Thought it was junk mail from the local grocer.lemmy.worldGhostalmedia@lemmy.world to pics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square44fedilink
minus-squarebrbpostinglinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down1·11 months ago Plasm is a noun that can mean plasma, germplasm, or a formative material. Guess it’s both? (Merriam-Webster)
minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-211 months agoI wonder if it’s a regional thing.
minus-squarebrbpostinglinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·11 months agoDefinitely, often from Vermont or Canada ;)
minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoI’m from Canada and have never heard or seen plasm.
minus-squarebrsrklf@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoToday I realize Canadian are tree vampires.
minus-squaregravitas_deficiencylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·11 months agoI think it’s a “being unnecessarily technical/obtuse as a joke” thing: plasma, as in “blood plasma” - thus, tree blood plasma ~= maple syrup
minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months ago… yes plasma with an ‘a’. Not plasm on the card.
Guess it’s both? (Merriam-Webster)
I wonder if it’s a regional thing.
Definitely, often from Vermont or Canada ;)
I’m from Canada and have never heard or seen plasm.
No, syrup!
Today I realize Canadian are tree vampires.
I think it’s a “being unnecessarily technical/obtuse as a joke” thing: plasma, as in “blood plasma” - thus, tree blood plasma ~= maple syrup
… yes plasma with an ‘a’. Not plasm on the card.
“Ectoplasm”
from the spooky ghost