Modulo, possibly my favourite obscure English preposition, is especially useful in quarantimes

Definition:
With due allowance for (a specified exception or particular detail)

Example:
Oh yeah, I should be able to do that this fall, modulo the general state of the world by then
Please feel free to nominate your other favourite extremely obscure English prepositions though, I'm sure I'm forgetting about some
Inasmuch as is a great example of how English forms prepositions by smushing together (technical term) other smaller words

Another is notwithstanding (which can also be used as a postposition!) https://twitter.com/yuvalpi/status/1360384907080568833?s=19
I would say that viz. has been borrowed into English, like with similar Latin abbreviations (i.e., e.g., c.f.)

I'm also fond of the starchy English translation of viz, "for which see" https://twitter.com/ATallOrder/status/1360385041969401858?s=19
Pace is so passive aggressive and I kinda love it

(For anyone who's unfamiliar, that's pace pronounced with two syllables as in ☮️, not one as in 🚶)
https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/qanda/data/faq/topics/Usage/faq0296.html
https://twitter.com/EmmaSManning/status/1360386045427277826?s=19
Okay math people you can stop telling me that "modulo" is also used in math, I had to use several -math -mathematics operators to even get google to furnish me with a definition that wasn't the math one, so I will continue to rest my case that its non-math use is obscure
After "pace" I really wanted prepositional "save" to be pronounced sa-ve https://twitter.com/thegoodolddais/status/1360386496860213248?s=19
Oooh, I had to look "anent" up myself, so far you're winning the obscure prize!
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/anent 
https://twitter.com/patalinguist/status/1360385671601528838?s=19
I made the original tweet because I'd just used pretty much that exact modulo sentence with a linguistics prof who definitely seemed to know exactly what it meant, but so far the replies on here have been about 50-50 for people recognizing it https://twitter.com/kechpaja/status/1360391015266410497?s=19
The Latin ablative case is really getting a huge workout for all these borrowed prepositions https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensu  https://twitter.com/symbolicstorage/status/1360427281198546945?s=19
And of course the famous, "per my last email" https://twitter.com/combledore/status/1360428022445260801?s=19
Yeah, linguists often forget that other people don't use "that's ambiguous" as just like, a common stock phrase

(And yes, there's a t-shirt that reads "I love ambiguity more than most people") https://twitter.com/wirehead2501/status/1360421135641288704?s=19
While excellent, I think I'd analyze mutatis mutandis as some sort of adverbial phrase rather than a preposition, since it doesn't introduce a whole new noun phrase
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutatis_mutandis https://twitter.com/tropology/status/1360395006264172544?s=19
Fascinating! I think I'd find "contra" more just a straightforward disagreement rather than the "oh jeez eff off" of "pace" https://twitter.com/pahsyram/status/1360396369480007680?s=19
If you search from:gretchenamcc quarantimes you may be able to find other observations in this vein... https://twitter.com/LytalWrites/status/1360392219031707649?s=19
Yes, exactly that sort of thing, it's a totally natural process!

[from the department of forestalling anticipated replies: yes, I know about the Allie Brosh "alot"; no, prescriptive comments about alot are not welcome here, I block for pedantry] https://twitter.com/matthewmarlowe3/status/1360401939058593800
Modulo, an obscure preposition, modulo nerds https://twitter.com/pnh/status/1360513971913187330?s=19
Btw if you're (ahem) INTO prepositions, we also have an episode of @lingthusiasm for you!
https://lingthusiasm.com/tagged/episode+14/chrono https://twitter.com/lingthusiasm/status/1301930789450514433?s=19
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