ourself
(AAVE) : ourselves.
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Trying not to make bad decisions. When we open ourself to the world the need for a handler grows and it's extremely unlikely we'll ever find one.
flicker the mechanic of only being able to see the map when the lighting appears is really interesting. when bumping into another white box, it says "you've changed," provoking us to wonder what we are and if we are…
We have a huge talent to shoot ourself in a foot and blame same one else the mess will do Next step the Romanian Parliament is after the President Nicușor Dan.
Slowly cautiously sniffing at the world like a deer and putting ourself out there more in the most subtle ways. Gonna try and make a gradiation of it
I autocomplete “Got themself/ourself killed” with “for a (insert food here) flatbread” thanks to an encounter in Transistor.
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(AAVE) : ourselves.
We should love our neighbor as ourself.
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(reflexive pronoun) : oneself.
"ourself" means: : oneself.. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
"ourself" means: : oneself.. Register: neutral, standard English, usable in most everyday contexts. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
“Trying not to make bad decisions. When we open ourself to the world the need for a handler grows and it's extremely unlikely we'll ever find one.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“flicker the mechanic of only being able to see the map when the lighting appears is really interesting. when bumping into another white box, it says "you've changed," provoking us to wonder what we are and if we are collecting pieces of ourself.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“We have a huge talent to shoot ourself in a foot and blame same one else the mess will do Next step the Romanian Parliament is after the President Nicușor Dan.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Slowly cautiously sniffing at the world like a deer and putting ourself out there more in the most subtle ways. Gonna try and make a gradiation of it”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I autocomplete “Got themself/ourself killed” with “for a (insert food here) flatbread” thanks to an encounter in Transistor.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(reflexive pronoun) : myself (as used by one who is a monarch, writer or speaker when referring to oneself as we).
In the present study, we will limit ourself to the simplest of cases.
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