The Cabinet of Linguistic Curiosities

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The Cabinet of Linguistic Curiosities: A Yearbook of Forgotten Words | Paul Anthony Jones

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keithmalek

The Cabinet of Linguistic Curiosities: A Yearbook of Forgotten Words | Paul Anthony Jones

Suet624 Like Steve Bannon, Elon Musk, etc? 5h

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keithmalek

The Cabinet of Linguistic Curiosities: A Yearbook of Forgotten Words | Paul Anthony Jones

Leniverse How strange! Odin relied on ravens to bring him news from all the realms so to me a raven-messenger seems like a cross between a spy and a town crier 😄 6h

Suet624 @Leniverse I was surprised by this too. 5h

keithmalek @Leniverse @Suet624 The word's origin has to do with some Biblical story. 5h

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keithmalek

The Cabinet of Linguistic Curiosities: A Yearbook of Forgotten Words | Paul Anthony Jones

Leniverse 🤨 Yeah, ok, I can see it. Sort of. 6h

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keithmalek

The Cabinet of Linguistic Curiosities: A Yearbook of Forgotten Words | Paul Anthony Jones

Suet624 Really??? I've seen a cow look at me amorously. But okay. :) 5h

keithmalek @Suet624 It goes on to say that in 1902, a New York politician made flirting illegal, and it was never actually struck from the lawbooks. And since I live in New York, I'm now making it a point to avoid all eye contact with people. 5h

Suet624 @keithmalek Hahaha.
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Suet624 Now that I think about it more, though, with the asshats we have in office I wonder if they will start enforcing laws like the one you mention. 4h

Suet624 Okay, sorry, one question: What was the punishment for flirting??? 4h

keithmalek @Suet624 A $500 fine, or up to a year in prison. "My bill is aimed at the flirters, gigglers, mashers, and makers of goo-goo eyes in public. We have all been disgusted by them...so they must be brought to their senses." --State assemblyman Francis G. Landon 2h

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keithmalek

The Cabinet of Linguistic Curiosities: A Yearbook of Forgotten Words | Paul Anthony Jones

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The Cabinet of Linguistic Curiosities: A Yearbook of Forgotten Words | Paul Anthony Jones

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The Cabinet of Linguistic Curiosities: A Yearbook of Forgotten Words | Paul Anthony Jones

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keithmalek

The Cabinet of Linguistic Curiosities: A Yearbook of Forgotten Words | Paul Anthony Jones

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The Cabinet of Linguistic Curiosities: A Yearbook of Forgotten Words | Paul Anthony Jones

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The Cabinet of Linguistic Curiosities: A Yearbook of Forgotten Words | Paul Anthony Jones

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The Cabinet of Linguistic Curiosities: A Yearbook of Forgotten Words | Paul Anthony Jones

Suet624 That's interesting... 4h

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keithmalek

The Cabinet of Linguistic Curiosities: A Yearbook of Forgotten Words | Paul Anthony Jones

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The Cabinet of Linguistic Curiosities: A Yearbook of Forgotten Words | Paul Anthony Jones

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ImperfectCJ

The Cabinet of Linguistic Curiosities: A Yearbook of Forgotten Words | Paul Anthony Jones

My Christmas book haul from my spouse (the bottom seven) and my sister (the one on top, tagged). Between prepping lasagna and enjoying family movie time, I probably won't have a lot of time to read today, but hopefully I can work lots of sofa time into my schedule in the next week.

Ruthiella Nice stack! 👍 2y

ImperfectCJ I just realized that I already read the Sally Rooney book (it seemed familiar, but it was a “pan“ for me, so maybe that's why it escaped my memory). Already making progress on the Christmas stack! 2y

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Maude

The Cabinet of Linguistic Curiosities: A Yearbook of Forgotten Words | Paul Anthony Jones

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Want to be a word-grubber? Then this is the book for you 😁 I loved the idea of an obscure word and its story a day! I think I'll be giving out some copies to my word nerd friends for Christmas. Thanks to #netgalley for a chance to read and enjoy this fun book.

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The Cabinet of Linguistic Curiosities: A Yearbook of Forgotten Words | Paul Anthony Jones

Was not expecting this much accuracy from an @bookriot quiz! It‘s amazing how many words there are,just in the English language, that are so unused that most people have no clue what you‘re talking about. Go take the quiz & learn something new🤗 #wordadaykeepsthefoolsaway

https://bookriot.com/?p=249867

Louise I got “kerfuffle”, saying I‘m full of energy and hard to ignore. Hmmm. These days, I‘d venture to say that‘s wildly inaccurate! 😂 6y

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