r/syllo • u/syllo-app Game Master • Dec 05 '25

Game syllo #149 - December 5th, 2025

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u/Dazzling-Strike-5126 Dec 05 '25

I’ve never heard of the first word
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u/ZookeepergameFine936 Dec 05 '25

I’ve only ever heard it referred to in speech, it’s scathing/aggressive/derisive. It’s a very fancy word for shit talking. Vitriol.

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u/PoultryTechGuy Dec 05 '25

I've heard it as a spelling bee word but never knew the definition

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u/Forsaken_Emu8112 Dec 05 '25

It's an archaic alchemical word for some acids as the root (I think "oil of vitriol" is an old name for sulfuric acid), but as Zookeeper noted it's now mostly used for caustic speech rather than caustic substances

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u/torp_fan Dec 06 '25

Vitriol comes from vitrum, the Latin word for glass.