Totally Weird and Wonderful Words

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

#weirdwordwednesday #weirdwords
@CBee

A little less morose than last week's word. Things must be looking up.

AmyG @dabbe Did you get Matt‘s book? 3d

CBee Ooooo a good one. I thought about posting “fecund” today but for some reason thought I‘d already done that one at some point. Reading “Mythos” and Demeter is fecund in that she keeps things growing and fertile ♥️ 2d

dabbe @CBee Another excellent one. Fun to pronounce and mispronounce, too! 😂 2d

CBee @dabbe 😂😂😂 2d

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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

I love color words! The bird is a flavescent bulbul, and the fish is a flavescent peacock (a type of cichlid). Apologies for not posting the past two weeks, friends! #weirdwords #weirdwordwednesday

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CatLass007 If I had seen this word before today, I would have thought it was a word that was a description of the way something tastes.😂 But now I know better. Good word!! Thanks for sharing. 3d

TheSpineView Good one! ❤️ 3d

TheBookHippie I love birds 🙂🙃 what a fun word! 3d

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dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 3d

BookmarkTavern Yellow is my favorite color! 💛💛 3d

psalva This is a fun one! I haven‘t posted in forever because ever since an iPhone update my phone app is not functioning the same, but hopefully i can resolve it if i get some free time to look into it soon. Thanks for the continued tags! I always look forward to #weirdwords! 3d

CBee @CatLass007 ha! I definitely didn‘t expect it to mean a shade of yellow 😂 3d

CBee @TheBookHippie isn‘t this little guy cute? So yellow and poofy. 3d

CBee @BookmarkTavern it‘s such a happy color 💛 3d

CBee @psalva oh no! I‘m sorry to hear that. Have you reached out to Litsy help? 2d

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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

#weirdwordwednesday #weirdwords @CBee

I've been feeling a lot like this lately, especially since 11/5.

CBee Same, girl, same 🤯 1w

Suet624 Who knew there was such a word. 1w

Amiable @CBee @dabbe I can‘t decide if my feelings of dislocation and disassociation are a good/protective thing for my psyche or if it means this election has permanently broken me. Maybe both. 1w

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dabbe @CBee 💙❄️💙 1w

dabbe @Suet624 IKR? 💙❄️💙 1w

dabbe @Amiable God, that's EXACTLY how I feel, too! Let's hope it's the first one. 💙❄️💙 1w

Suet624 @Amiable I‘m sure that it broke me. I am not the same person. 1w

dabbe @Suet624 Deep down, I believe you're right. I can't even summon the wherewithal to even look forward to 2025. All I do is tremble. 1w

Amiable @Suet624 I used to be a daily news consumer. I read WaPo, NYT, the Atlantic, local news sites, etc. Since 11/6, I can't do it. My eyes skip over anything that at a glance appears political in nature. My brain has disengaged. Where I would once get inspired or irritated into action, I now find myself shrugging and saying, “oh well. That's what they voted for. Not my concern.“ Even though it most definitely is going to be my/our problem(s). 1w

Suet624 @Amiable I‘m doing the same thing. 1w

Suet624 @dabbe it‘s just a dangerous clown show coming up. It‘s the ticking time bomb. I tremble too. 1w

dabbe @Suet624 @Amiable Same here. Matt and I do our NYT puzzles in the morning and when we skim the news, ANYTHING that has “He who shall not be named“ on a headline, is avoided like the plague. And my faith in the majority of the people in the US has gone kaput--draining right down the proverbial swamp. 1w

BkClubCare @Suet624 @dabbe Trembling here, too. {{{hugs}}} 1w

dabbe @BkClubCare ❣️❣️❣️ 1w

CBee @Amiable @Suet624 @dabbe right there with all of you 🙁 1w

dabbe @CBee Hugs. We need an emoji hug without a smile face because sometimes, well, we need it. 1w

CBee @dabbe I agree! This one is weird but is supposed to be a 🫂 1w

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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

I just sent off the first of my packages for Christmas swaps and I am so excited for what‘s coming up. To see my packages get unwrapped, and hopefully enjoyed. Here‘s to the little joys we can create for ourselves. 💖

#WeirdWordWednesday #WeirdWords @CBee

CBee A perfect word for the season ♥️ 2w

Daisey Great word choice! 2w

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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

This community brings me so much joy. I am so grateful for all of you here! 💖

#WeirdWordWednesday @CBee #WeirdWords

CBee I love this ♥️♥️ 3w

AnnCrystal 💝💝💝. 3w

Daisey Wonderful word! 3w

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BookmarkTavern

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

The constantly changing tapestry of human knowledge is one of the coolest things about us as a species.

#WeirdWordWednesday #WeirdWords @CBee

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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

Thanks to the lovely book, Mythos, and to the even lovelier Stephen Fry for writing it, this is my #weirdwords pick for today! Link to the mythological origin/story: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycaon_(king_of_Arcadia)
Enjoy! #weirdwordwednesday

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TheSpineView ❤️🐺📖 1mo

peanutnine I adore Stephen Fry! His narration for the audiobook is also amazing 1mo

CBee @peanutnine oh yes! I‘m totally listening to the audiobook - it‘s excellent! 1mo

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BookmarkTavern Thanks for sharing the story! 1mo

Amiable Cool word! 1mo

dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 1mo

CBee @BookmarkTavern absolutely - I like to add some context 😊 1mo

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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

First snow of the season! And I‘m so glad today is the start of my weekend so I can stay inside, make chocolate chip cookies, and read my books. 💖

#WeirdWordWednesday #WeirdWords @CBee

AllDebooks What a fab word ❄️ 1mo

ShelleyBooksie Cool! 1mo

TheSpineView Great word!❤️ 1mo

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CBee Lovely! We‘re having this sort of weather today ♥️ 1mo

dabbe 🧡🍁🤎 1mo

AnnCrystal 💕🍪🌧️📚💝. (edited) 1mo

BethM Ohhh where are you? We‘re theoretically getting some next weekend! 1mo

BookmarkTavern @BethM Utah! The Salt Lake Valley. Just enough to cover the ground. ❄️❄️ 1mo

mcctrish Great word - we‘ve got rain in southern Ontario 1mo

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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

#weirdwordwednesday
#weirdwords
@CBee

A fun one to say, too: [per-uh-pi-TEE-uh]

TheBookHippie 😅👀♥️ 1mo

CBee Great one!! 1mo

dabbe @TheBookHippie 🤩😂🤗 1mo

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dabbe @CBee 🤩😂🤗 1mo

BookmarkTavern Oh that‘s a fun one! 1mo

dabbe @BookmarkTavern 🤩😂🤗 1mo

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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

I was fine putting marginalia in my textbooks, and maybe literature I was reading for school, but now? It‘s hard for me to write in books (maybe that‘s why #LPMBC wasn‘t my cup of tea 😂)! Anyway, such a pretty word, hope you all enjoy! Here‘s an article about weird medieval marginalia: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/medieval-marginalia-books-doodles

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mcctrish It‘s crazy how many years passed before I got over myself and wrote marginalia in my cookbooks 1mo

Bookwomble Nope!🫸📝A lovely, mellifluous word, and ok in ancient grimoires, but otherwise, Nope! 😄 1mo

lil1inblue I used to be against marginalia, but then I inherited some of my grandfather's books. I didn't get to know him well because he was sick after I was born and died when I was young. But I did get to know him through his marginalia. So now I write in all the books. 💖 1mo

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TheSpineView I love this word! 1mo

dabbe When we used to have real textbooks in high school, I taught the kids to mark them up with post-it-notes because they couldn't write in them. The power of a post-it-note! 🤩 1mo

Amiable Just can‘t do it! 😬 Although your experience is absolutely lovely, @lil1inblue ! (edited) 1mo

BookmarkTavern I love writing in my books! 😅😅😅 Seeing my different notes in books I reread regularly, like Dracula, are so much fun! 1mo

CBee @Bookwomble you just used another wonderful word - mellifluous!! 1mo

CBee @lil1inblue that‘s so lovely ♥️♥️ 1mo

CBee @dabbe post-it notes are the bomb. Couldn‘t live without em! 1mo

CBee @BookmarkTavern that‘s cool! I don‘t know why it‘s such a weird thing for me 🤷‍♀️ 1mo

BethM It makes me@think of our missing friends @BookishMarginalia and @WanderingBookaneer ❤️ 1mo

CBee @BethM oh! I hope they‘re both doing well - any idea what‘s going on with them? 1mo

BethM @CBee I‘m not sure they haven‘t posted in years. I check their pages every once in awhile. 1mo

CBee @BethM 😢🤷‍♀️ 1mo

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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

Here‘s a fun spooky word for Halloween tomorrow! Also, I have never felt less inspired to take a walk in the woods.

#WeirdWords #WeirdWordWednesday @CBee

TheSpineView Love this word! Perfect for Halloween 🎃 2mo

CBee Oooo this is super spooky 🫢 2mo

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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

Apologies for not posting on #weirdwordwednesday recently (life ugh). Today‘s word: synesthesia 😊Here‘s the Wiki - enjoy: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia
#weirdwords

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BookmarkTavern Hope life gets better! Also! My mom has a version of this. Letters and numbers are colors in her head! 2mo

CatLass007 Thanks for sharing! This is a great word and I will share a screenshot of your graphic with my friend who has a masters in nursing and a masters in psychiatry. I‘m sure she will have much to say about the subject but since she‘s in the hospital I‘ll humor her by listening to her every thought on the subject. 2mo

Amiable I've always liked the word synesthesia! Hugs for the life stuff. 2mo

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dabbe Love this word and your picture! Thinking of you and hoping life slows down for you a bit asap. 🖤🧡🖤 2mo

CBee @BookmarkTavern that‘s so interesting! Does it bother her at all? It seems rather lovely to me, especially related to music 😊 2mo

CBee @CatLass007 that‘s what good friends do 😊 2mo

CBee @Amiable I‘ll take the hugs, thank you 😊 2mo

CBee @dabbe thank you, my friend 😊 2mo

BookmarkTavern She had to read very quickly, otherwise she gets distracted by the colors. But she loves it. She actually found the list she wrote in elementary school a couple months ago. 😁 2mo

CBee @BookmarkTavern oh wow, how cool! 2mo

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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

#WeirdWordWednesday @CBee

The tree in front of my house had some gorgeous red leaves on it this morning when I woke up. I *may* have done a little happy dance on the porch. #WeirdWords

dabbe What a beautiful word! 🖤🧡🖤 2mo

AnnCrystal 💕🍃💃🍂💝. 2mo

Cupcake12 Such a pretty word 🍁 2mo

CBee So beautiful!! 2mo

Daisey Perfect word for this week! 🍂 🍁 2mo

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CBee

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

Here‘s a climate related word for #weirdwordwednesday 😊 Thanks to the hubster for introducing me to this one (total weather geek 🤓)! Here‘s an article: https://opensnow.com/news/post/albedo-explained #weirdwords

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TheSpineView Great word! 💜 2mo

BookmarkTavern That‘s a fun one! 2mo

dabbe Another fun one to say out loud! 🤩 2mo

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CatLass007 My Mom was a weather geek. She even took some meteorology classes in college. Growing up she would listen to the weather reports of three different radio stations just to make sure that we‘d know what outerwear to put on when we left for school. When the Weather Channel was launched she was in hog heaven. But I‘m pretty sure she never heard this particular term because she would have used it often and well. Thanks for the walk down memory lane. 2mo

CBee @CatLass007 oh, that‘s such a lovely story! I‘m happy that my word choice helped you remember good memories of your mom ♥️♥️ 2mo

CatLass007 @CBee ❤️❤️❤️ 2mo

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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

I‘m at my state‘s Shakespearean festival for my birthday week! And I just had to pick a theater word for #WeirdWordWednesday !

Featuring my own photograph! #WeirdWords @CBee

dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 3mo

CBee Lovely pic! 3mo

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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

Jesus Christ on toast, faces in clouds, the list goes on and on! And of course, thanks to Bones (still binging and loving), I now know there is a word for this phenomenon 🤓 #weirdwordwednesday #weirdwords

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Deblovestoread Ooooh I love this word! 3mo

Daisey I discovered this word recently as well, and I love it! 3mo

Amiable Ha ha, I read your comment and thought “Jesus Christ on toast” was maybe one of those phrases that Southern folks use instead of swearing. 😄 3mo

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TheSpineView Cool word 😎 3mo

CBee @Amiable it very well could be and I might just start using it now 😂😂 I tend to make up my own anyway 🤓 3mo

CatLass007 Great word! 3mo

Cuilin @Amiable I thought that too because in Ireland, we say Christ on a bike!!!! 😆 3mo

BookmarkTavern Like finding shapes in clouds! How cool! 3mo

TheBookHippie Oh!!! Also my BFF is from Ireland and says Christ on a bike often so I read it as that 🤣😂😅🤪 @Cuilin 3mo

Amiable @Cuilin That‘s so funny because my grandfather used to say “Jesus Christ on a bicycle” and his parents were from Ireland!! I had no idea it was an Irish thing! 😄 3mo

dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 3mo

CBee @BookmarkTavern yes! 😊 3mo

CBee @TheBookHippie @Cuilin @Amiable it‘s related to the pareidolia of Jesus‘s face on a piece of toast. On the show (Bones) it was WAY grosser 🫢 😬 I did just read “Jesus toast” when I looked for the example and now I‘m 😂😂 (edited) 3mo

TheBookHippie @CBee 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 3mo

Amiable @CBee @cuilin This reminds me of the time one morning years ago when I came downstairs to find a baggie on the kitchen counter with a peanut inside and a note from my youngest son that said, “Do not eat this. It looks like Elvis.” 😄 (edited) 3mo

CBee @Amiable omg 😂😂😂😂 That‘s amazing - sounds like something my 12 year old would do! 3mo

Cuilin @Amiable hilarious 🤣 3mo

Amiable @CBee @Cuilin Yeah, we still joke about the Elvis nut. 😄 And it kickstarted the conversation—why is it that we only ever see Jesus or Elvis or Mary Magdalene in toast or on trees? Why doesn‘t anyone see … I don‘t know, Fonzie? Or Alex Trebek? It‘s weird. 😀 (edited) 3mo

CBee @Amiable I love that it started that conversation. Equality in pareidolia 😂😂 3mo

Suet624 Off topic, but I‘ve never watched Bones. Your thoughts on the show? 2mo

CBee @Suet624 oh my gosh, it‘s so good. It can be a bit much if you‘re squeamish, but the banter between the main characters is the BEST. It‘s very nerdy, very science-y. The main character is a forensic anthropologist and is based on real life author Kathy Reichs. Highly recommend it 🦴 😊 2mo

Suet624 Okay, on the second episode of season one now. 🙂 2mo

CBee @Suet624 ooo! What do you think so far? 2mo

Suet624 Very small sample size. Give me another couple of episodes. But so far so good. 2mo

Suet624 How far into it are you? 2mo

CBee @Suet624 I‘m on season 5! There are a LOT of seasons 😂🤪 2mo

Suet624 I noticed! That‘s a good thing when they‘re enjoyable though. 2mo

CBee @Suet624 I‘m still really loving it 😊 2mo

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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

Apparently, it‘s also the molecule responsible for the earthy taste of beetroots, but I care much less about that. 😂

@CBee #WeirdWordWednesday #WeirdWords

CBee Petrichor is one of my favorite smells 😊 3mo

LiteraryinPA @CBee Petrichor came up in the book I just read! I‘d never heard the word before.

Death at Morning House

3mo

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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

Here‘s a cool article about these: https://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2016/09/palimpsests-the-art-of-medieval... #weirdwords #weirdwordwednesday

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CatLass007 I‘m sure I‘ve read this word before but I‘m not sure when or where. It‘s another cool word and definition. Thanks for sharing these every week.❤️ 3mo

TheSpineView Another great word!! 3mo

IndoorDame One of my all time favorite words 💜 3mo

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CBee @CatLass007 you‘re welcome! I‘ve come across some really cool ones lately 😊 3mo

CBee @IndoorDame yay! It‘s a fantastic word 😊 3mo

slategreyskies @CatLass007 the first time I came across this word was in A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness. Ashmole 782 was a palimpsest. So, if you‘ve read that book, that could be where you‘re remembering this word from. 3mo

CatLass007 @slategreyskies I haven‘t read it yet, although I do own it. I may never remember exactly where I first read the word, but it‘s not really a big deal. I have a tendency, especially listening to audiobooks, when I encounter a new word to just infer the definition from the manner in which the word is used rather than take the time to look up the actual definition. I‘m so glad @CBee does the work for me, although I am getting better at it. 3mo

BookmarkTavern Oh this is one of my favorite words! 💕💕💕💕 3mo

peanutnine I love this word! It always gives me a feeling of nostalgia 💖 3mo

dabbe Oh, no! I\'m off the list! Can I jump back on? 😅 3mo

CBee @dabbe I‘m just having a chance to check Litsy and realized I forgot to tag you - that was just a total goof on my part! Sorry!! 3mo

CBee @CatLass007 ♥️♥️♥️ 3mo

dabbe @CBee No worries; I just wanted to make sure I was still in the loop! 🧡🍁🧡 3mo

CBee @dabbe you‘re definitely still in the loop! ♥️ 3mo

mandarchy Speaking of being in the loop, but off topic: I stopped getting notifications from Litsy and I've tried everything except deleting it and reinstalling it. Getting it on this phone was such a chore, I'm not sure I'm willing to go that far. But have any of you seen a convo about this anywhere? 3mo

CBee @mandarchy do you have an Android or iPhone? A friend who has an Android has had issues similar to yours. I‘d suggest submitting a help ticket as I know you aren‘t the only one! 3mo

mandarchy Android. Thanks! I've been ignoring it and maybe a help ticket will be the thing. 3mo

CBee @mandarchy hopefully they can figure it out! 3mo

mandarchy @CBee I just opened Litsy and I had 204 notifications! None of them made my phone ding. I've never seen so many! It's weird 3mo

CBee @mandarchy that‘s crazy!! Did you send a help request? 3mo

mandarchy I did, I got the 204 notifications and then nothing else. I just need to check in more often. 3mo

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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

Y‘all, I haven‘t written in six months, and today I wrote 4,000 words for a new project. I feel so happy I might cry.

#WeirdWordWednesday #WeirdWords @CBee

dabbe 🩶🧡🩶 3mo

CBee Congratulations!!! That is amazing! And by the way, I love your collages and the words you keep posting ♥️ 3mo

AnnCrystal 👏✍️🥳💝. That\'s fantastic, congrats! 📝✨💫💝. 3mo

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ravenlee Woohoo! Sounds like you are recharged and ready to go! 3mo

Daisey Congratulations, and I love this word! 3mo

PaperbackPirate 🎉👏⭐️ 3mo

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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

#WeirdWordWednesday
@CBee

All birds deserve a fancy word for the beauty they create! 🪺

IndoorDame 🤎🪶🐦‍⬛🪹 3mo

CBee Oh my goodness, the tiny hummingbird nest ♥️♥️ 3mo

dabbe @IndoorDame 🤩🤗😊 3mo

dabbe @CBee 🤩🤗😊 3mo

AnnCrystal 💝🐦💝🐦💝. 3mo

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#WeirdWordWednesday @CBee
Saw this on instagram the other day. This word definitely describes me 📖🛌🏼😁

CBee Ha! Perfect 😍 3mo

TheSpineView Describes me! 3mo

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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

Color me amazed, again, that there seems to be a word for EVERYTHING! And if you love clouds (and finding shapes in them), there is an awesome account on IG called (@) thedailycloud ☁️⛅️🌧️ #weirdwords #weirdwordwednesday

CBee @IndoorDame @dabbe @psalva @TheBookHippie @lil1inblue @Megabooks @slategreyskies @Deblovestoread @TheSpineView @CatLass007 @mandarchy @Daisey @peanutnine @BookmarkTavern @Amiable 3mo

IndoorDame My favorite childhood activity!!!! 😃 Bet if I‘d known this super fancy word for it all the grown ups who told me to stop daydreaming and go do something useful would‘ve thought twice 😂 3mo

TheSpineView Thanks for the tag! 💛 🏷🥰 3mo

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CBee @IndoorDame I know right? You would‘ve impressed those folks for sure 😂 3mo

CatLass007 Awesome! 3mo

Amiable Wow! That‘s an amazing word! 3mo

dabbe It sounds like a disease that I would LOVE to have! Matt and I just did this the other evening! 🤩 3mo

AnnCrystal 💕🌬️💨☁️💝. 3mo

CBee @dabbe it does! And nobody would know what you meant 😂😂 3mo

BookmarkTavern What a fantastic word! 💕 3mo

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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

Okay #weirdwords nerds, this is interesting! I‘ve been saying a few of these wrong - but the fact that some people say “from the gecko” makes me giggle 😂 Check it out: Bad News: You've Been Saying These 18 Words And Phrases Wrong For Your Entire Life https://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewziegler/malapropism-eggcorn-words-phrases

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ChaoticMissAdventures I am now trying to figure out how and why people pronounce this word with an e &/o g... I keep saying acorn and I don't have any of that 😂 3mo

IndoorDame Neat! I definitely say some of them wrong too. But hysterical that eggcorn is apparently the most common one and I‘ve never heard anyone say it 😂 (edited) 3mo

TheBookHippie 😳😅😂 fun!!! 3mo

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CBee @IndoorDame me either! Totally new to me. @ChaoticMissAdventures I don‘t hear it either, no idea where that came from 😂😂🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️ 3mo

BkClubCare @ChaoticMissAdventures - me, too. I don‘t think I‘ve ever heard anyone say eggcorn. 🤔 3mo

monkeygirlsmama I have NEVER heard of this term before. 🤣 And I've NEVER heard anyone pronounce A-CORN as EGG-CORN. 🤔😝 3mo

TheSpineView That was fun! "Champ at the bit" tripped me up. 3mo

thebacklistbook Hahaha! This often leads to popular misspellings being adopted into dictionaries. Like how chique was already adopted into english with its original French spelling then someone decided it needed to be spelled chic at some point. I've heard many people say the French spelling as sheekwa rather than sheek. 3mo

thebacklistbook Also have seen some with dictaphone software taken down by this. The algorithm feeds it's best guess for what it "heard". 3mo

CBee @monkeygirlsmama it‘s baffling 😂 3mo

CBee @TheSpineView I always thought it was “jerry-rigged” but it‘s “jury-rigged!” 3mo

CBee @thebacklistbook so interesting!! 3mo

Deblovestoread Fun! I know it‘s “duct” but I still say “duck”. And I do always ask for ice tea. 🤦🏻‍♀️ 3mo

CBee @Deblovestoread I do too 😂😂 Here in the south we don‘t even say iced tea, we just say sweet or unsweetened because iced tea is just a given 😂 3mo

BookmarkTavern That‘s so cool! I didn‘t know that! 3mo

dabbe @CBee Same here! I'm in 😱! 3mo

thebacklistbook @Deblovestoread there is a brand of duct tape called Duck tape they also make painters tape, etc. 3mo

TheBookHippie @CBee I always remembered it as most jury‘s are rigged so 🤪😅😱🥴😂 3mo

TheBookHippie @Deblovestoread I say ice and duck too 😂😂😂 3mo

Daisey That was a fun and interesting quiz. Thanks for sharing! 3mo

CBee @TheBookHippie I see it now 😂 But I could‘ve sworn it was “jerry” 🤷‍♀️🤦‍♀️ Aaaand I‘ve always said “for all intensive purposes” and that‘s wrong! 3mo

CBee @Daisey you‘re welcome! 3mo

mandarchy It's more complicated than you think. If you like words you might like this YouTuber. He does a whole episode about eggcorns. https://youtu.be/Sucad437VDA?si=X-B31qnBkVaZtIr5 3mo

CBee @mandarchy cool, thank you! 3mo

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BookmarkTavern

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

Love this word so much! Every time I look at NASA‘s new photographs, I hold my breath. Everything is so vast and unknowable, and I am a small part of that. 💖

@CBee #WeirdWordWednesday #WeirdWords

CBee I love the words you‘ve been sharing ♥️ 3mo

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lil1inblue

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

I don't think I could say this ten times fast. 🤣

#weirdwordwednesday #weirdwords

CBee

CBee I love the thesaurus pigeons! 3mo

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CBee

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

These words have absolutely nothing in common except, they‘re weird 😂 Plus, apparently “emunction” is now obsolete (despite describing my behavior today due to allergies 🤧). Posting two completely unrelated weird words is indicative of my mindset - allll over the place today 😂😂🤪🤪 #weirdwordwednesday #weirdwords

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CBee @TheBookHippie I can‘t find Scott (vivastory) again 🤷‍♀️ I emailed him! Have you heard anything? 3mo

IndoorDame I only recently noticed something described as an uncountable noun for the first time, and I guess it‘s self explanatory, but since I have no formal background in grammar I found reading about it and all the rules and exceptions attached to it fascinating! 3mo

TheSpineView Interesting word! Loving these weird words 3mo

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Megabooks Love these weird words!! 3mo

Megabooks @CBee Scott still has an insta but has deleted all the posts. I hope he is okay. Have you heard from him @Reggie ? I just want to know it‘s a break from sm and nothing worse. 3mo

BookmarkTavern I just said emunction out loud and I love it. 3mo

peanutnine These are both SO FUN to say! I wanna start using emunction to bring it back! 3mo

CBee @Megabooks me too! If anybody hears anything let me know 😟 3mo

CBee @BookmarkTavern I think we should bring it back 😂 @peanutnine 3mo

Amiable These words are awesome! 3mo

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lil1inblue

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

From now on, I will no longer be using the term hashtag. It will be octothorpe from now on. 😉😏

#weirdwords #weirdwordwednesday

CBee

BkClubCare 😎 4mo

TheSpineView Ohhhh... I like this word!! 4mo

dabbe #octothorpe 🤩😂🤩 4mo

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CBee Ooooo I love it!! 4mo

Daisey This is such a fun word! 4mo

lil1inblue @bkclubcare @thespineview @dabbe @cbee @daisey So much fun to say, right?!?! 😎 😎 😎 4mo

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dabbe

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

#weirdwordwednesday @CBee

There should be an Instagram for nephograms. 🩵☁️💙

AnnCrystal ☁️🌤️💝. 4mo

dabbe @AnnCrystal 🩵💙🩵 4mo

TheSpineView 🤍☁️🤍 4mo

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dabbe @TheSpineView 🩵💙🩵 4mo

Suet624 Definitely 4mo

CBee Ooo! I have lots of nephograms on my phone then ☁️ 😂 4mo

dabbe @Suet624 🩵💙🩵 4mo

dabbe @CBee 🩵💙🩵
4mo

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Megabooks

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

I‘ve known this word for years, but I hadn‘t seen it in print for awhile until recently. I love that this statue came up when I googled it! #weirdwords #weirdwordwednesday #facepalm

CBee

CBee Ha! That image is perfect 😂😂🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ 4mo

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CBee

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

I love Gaelic. And I‘d love to be part of a cèilidh - just the music would be worth it ♥️♥️ #weirdwords #weirdwordswednesday

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IndoorDame Gaelic is always so lyrical, I love it 💜 4mo

Kitta We go to the St Andrew‘s day Ceilidh every year in Toronto! It‘s so fun. 4mo

CBee @Kitta sounds amazing 🤩 4mo

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TheSpineView Sounds like fun! 🤩👍🌞 4mo

Deblovestoread Love this! 4mo

Amiable I love Gaelic words! Even though I can never remember how to spell them. 😄 4mo

PathfinderNicole My son‘s strings school did a ceilidh fundraiser this last spring! 4mo

dabbe 🩶🧡🩶 4mo

CatLass007 Celtic Woman performs a song about a ceilidh. Love this word! 4mo

CBee @PathfinderNicole that‘s so cool! 4mo

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BookmarkTavern

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

It‘s finally started cooling off enough that I got to do some reading outside today! It was so lovely!

#WeirdWordWednesday #WeirdWords @CBee

Cupcake12 I love this definition🌲 🌳 (edited) 4mo

PurpleyPumpkin Love this word!☀️🌳 4mo

CBee Beautiful word for a beautiful thing! ☀️ 4mo

IndoorDame 💚💚💚💚 4mo

TheSpineView Lovely word💚 4mo

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dabbe

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

#weirdwordwednesday
@CBee

Found this as I was scrolling through The Oatmeal's website. Another fun one to say out loud ... for obvious reasons. 😀

AmyG My father-in-law had this. Insufferable 🤣 4mo

Seabreeze_Reader Reminds me of Anne (of Green Gables) although I 💙 her character. 4mo

kelli7990 Another ex boyfriend of mine had this problem. I‘m so quiet but he was so talkative. He was always blowing my phone up wanting to talk to me and then at the day program, he always came in talking really loud early in the morning. I felt embarrassed to be seen with him in public when we went on dates because sometimes, he talked too loud. I only dated him for 3 months and then I broke up with him because I didn‘t want to deal with him anymore. 4mo

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dabbe @AmyG 🤩😂😀 4mo

dabbe @Seabreeze_Reader 🤩😂😀 4mo

dabbe @kelli7990 “Sounds“ like a smart move. 🤩😂😀 4mo

ShelleyBooksie Reminds me too much of the name of a certain sti - lolol 4mo

dabbe @ShelleyBooksie 🤩😂🤗 4mo

CBee This is great! And I LOVE The Oatmeal 😊 4mo

dabbe @CBee 🤩😂🤗 4mo

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CBee

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

I always thought this word was super cool and fun to say 😄 #weirdwords #weirdwordwednesday

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JessClark78 One of my favorite words 🖤 4mo

Amiable This is a good one! 4mo

CatLass007 It IS super cool and fun to say! 4mo

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TheSpineView I'm loving this word! 😍 4mo

dabbe EA Poe used variations of this word a lot. Love it, too! 🩶🖤🩶 4mo

CBee @dabbe I love Poe! 4mo

dabbe @CBee He and Conan Doyle are my all-time faves. 🤩 4mo

BookmarkTavern Love it! 🥰 4mo

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BookmarkTavern

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

Finally home from the cruise, and I immediately want to be back on a ship. 😅

I spent so much time on the top deck and on my little veranda looking at the stars.

#WeirdWordWednesday #WeirdWords @CBee

kspenmoll Star gazing ⭐️ 4mo

TheSpineView 😎 word 4mo

AnnCrystal ✨🚢💝. 4mo

CBee Sounds heavenly ✨ 4mo

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CBee

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

I am SO late to this party, but I‘ve gotten a bit hooked on the show Bones 🦴 😊 I had to share these two words because there was this whole argument between Bones and Booth about them - especially “eschew” (which I‘ve always considered an interesting word anyway) 😂😂 #weirdwords #weirdwordwednesday

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TheSpineView 😎👍🤩 4mo

CatLass007 Bones is my “comfort food” TV. 4mo

CatLass007 Great words! 4mo

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dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 4mo

BookmarkTavern Love that show! And such fun words! 4mo

Amiable I‘ve often wondered about “eschew,” too. Such a strange word! 4mo

lil1inblue Now I want to rewatch Bones! 😂 4mo

CBee @CatLass007 it‘s so good! 4mo

CBee @Amiable it seems like a strange variation of the word “chew” and I can‘t help imaging chewing when I hear it or read it 😂😂 4mo

CBee @BookmarkTavern I‘m addicted, it‘s so good! @lil1inblue you should rewatch for sure 👏🏻👏🏻 4mo

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dabbe

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

#weirdwordwednesday
@CBee

Another fun one to say and one that sounds exactly like what it means! 😂

Soubhiville 🤣 I like it! 4mo

CBee I use this word occasionally, I love it 😊 4mo

dabbe @Soubhiville 🤩😂🤗 4mo

dabbe @CBee 🤩😂🤗 4mo

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dabbe

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

#weirdwordwednesday @CBee

Love this one. 🩶🖤🩶 Plus, I'm now hungry.

TheBookHippie Love!!!! 5mo

dabbe @TheBookHippie 🤩🤗😊 5mo

CBee YESSSSS a favorite of mine. I will say that I bought that candle and was disappointed that it didn‘t smell very strong 😕 5mo

dabbe @CBee Bummer! those fruits sounded amazing together! 👃 (ha, ha, a nose emoji! Who knew? 😂) 5mo

CBee @dabbe the candle itself smelled lovely, but when I burned it, not much scent 🤷‍♀️ 5mo

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peanutnine

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

#WeirdWordWednesday @CBee
This word came up in a fantasy book I'm reading and at first I thought it might be made up. No sir! I went down a wikihole on this one! So fascinating! The oldest and most basic version of a semaphore is smoke signals 🔥
#weirdwords

LiteraryinPA Oooh, like semáforo in Spanish! @BennettBookworm 5mo

BennettBookworm Love it! @LiteraryinLawrence 5mo

CBee Fabulous word!! 5mo

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Daisey

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

I don‘t have a word from my reading today, but I happened across this one. I love that there‘s a word for when you just can‘t think of the right word, although you absolutely know it. It happens to me too often.

#WeirdWords #WeirdWordWednesday

CBee

CBee This is awesome! There‘s a word for everything 🤓 5mo

Nottheseason I want to say I‘ll use this but I doubt my brain can remember this word haha! 5mo

not_gremlin I‘ll try to use this but i doubt anyone will know what im talking about😭😂 5mo

Daisey @CBee It‘s so true! 5mo

Daisey @Nottheseason @not_gremlin I agree! I love that this word exists, but I‘m pretty sure I‘ll only use it here. 5mo

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CBee

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

I was going to try to demonstrate how to say this, but it looked funny. Google has the pronunciation 😁 Cool link: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/glossary-terms/caesura #weirdwordwednesday #weirdwords

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TheSpineView Cool word! 😎 5mo

BookmarkTavern Oh that‘s fun! 5mo

dabbe I loved teaching caesuras to my sophomore honors students when completing a British lit unit on the Anglo Saxons. They were all about caesuras! If interested, here's an Anglo-Saxon poem where the breaks are clearly visible:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fff7szW3HWkOif4Tl8HCkjAA8r5gpWuQ/view?usp=shari...

🤩🤩🤩 5mo

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CBee @dabbe love it! Very visible 😊😊 5mo

CBee @BookmarkTavern I totally forgot to tag you 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ 5mo

BookmarkTavern LOL No worries! I saw it anyway! Next time! 💕 5mo

CBee @BookmarkTavern absolutely! 5mo

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dabbe

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

#weirdwordwednesday
@CBee

So, is anyone beeking today? Not me. I'm AC'ing it as it's currently 108ºF with 33% humidity. 🔥

Texreader Oh yikes!! 5mo

Texreader I‘m in quite cool London for another day. I am very sympathetic though. I feel it all the way here. 5mo

AmyG No 5mo

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dabbe @Texreader 🩵💙🩵 5mo

dabbe @AmyG No to beeking or no to my weather? 😂😂😂 5mo

lil1inblue I'll do some beeking for you. It's only 65 F here in Michigan's Upper Peninsula! If I don't beek, it's actually a little chilly! 😂 😉 5mo

AmyG Ha! No to both! 5mo

TheSpineView I am beeking today! It is only 90 here today. However, the humidity is around 70%. You leave the AC and the humidity just clings to you like a second skin. 🥵 5mo

Cuilin With those conditions you‘re beeking without your consent. 🥵 5mo

kspenmoll No beeking here! Just clouds! 5mo

TEArificbooks My beeking only happens after the sun goes down. As long as the sun isn‘t bearing down the heat feels good for about 5 minutes, warms the bones. Temps dropped about 10-15 degrees this week because it has been cloudy. We aren‘t getting wet, the rain is staying on the mountains but I like the temp drop. 108 feels good after 115+ for weeks. Still getting heat sick every time we leave the house. 5mo

dabbe @lil1inblue Thanks! I'll be beeking more in the late fall/winter. 🤩😂😀 5mo

dabbe @AmyG Gotcha! 🤩😂😘 5mo

dabbe @TheSpineView What a perfect description--I can feel the sweat sliding down my back! 🥵 5mo

dabbe @Cuilin Well said! #bwmc (beeking without my consent) 😂😂😂 5mo

dabbe @kspenmoll 🤩😂😀 5mo

dabbe @TEArificbooks Same here. Are you in Phoenix, too? And why don't I know that? 🤔 5mo

TEArificbooks No, An hour outside of Death Valley as a crow flies. 5mo

dabbe @TEArificbooks Did I know that? If so, my brain has officially melted by #bwmc (beeking without my consent). You win the prize for hottest place on the planet. #thepainisreal🔥 5mo

CBee If I beeked here I‘d possibly melt. The temps have been cooler as it‘s been raining every day, but the humidity ain‘t playin 😳😳😳 5mo

dabbe @CBee Looks like we'll both be beeking in autumn! 🤩😂🤗 5mo

Bookwormjillk Too humid here to beek much, but I‘m dreaming of September. 5mo

CBee @dabbe #autumnisbeekingseason 😂😂 5mo

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CBee

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

One of my most favorite new to me words, from my most recent read (You Be Mother). Mostly used in the book to mean a nap (which sounds SO NICE right now). Enjoy! #weirdwordwednesday #weirdwords

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IndoorDame So fun!!! 5mo

TheSpineView That's a cool word!😎 5mo

psalva Love this! 5mo

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CatLass007 Interesting. I wonder how the word originated? 5mo

TheBookHippie Oh fun. 💤 5mo

dabbe You put the zIzz in 💤. 🩵💙🩵 5mo

CBee @CatLass007 it‘s British or Australian or both. Was trying to get more info from the Oxford Dictionary but I have to subscribe 🤦‍♀️ 5mo

CatLass007 Well that stinks. Oh well. 5mo

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dabbe

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

#weirdwords
#weirdwordwednesday
@CBee

I'm feeling pretty otiose after the dog walk today. 104ºF, 37% humidity. 😳

AlaMich Ha! I have that word of the day thing as well. Never heard otiose before, and I feel that I have a decent vocabulary. 5mo

dabbe @AlaMich I love them and the cartoons. I had never heard of it either, and I'm a retired English teacher! 😂 5mo

ShelleyBooksie New word for me - love it!! @dabbe - the fact that you walked in that weather shows that you are not otiose 5mo

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CBee Okay, I could handle the heat without so much humidity - if it were 104° here it would be absolutely like walking in a stew ??? 5mo

dabbe @ShelleyBooksie It certainly made me worthless after, though! 😂😂😂 5mo

dabbe @CBee We keep hoping for the monsoon to actual bring us rain. 🙏 5mo

CBee @dabbe 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 (edited) 5mo

dabbe @CBee 😘🤗😀 5mo

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CBee

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

My oldest kiddo asked if “series” had a singular form - it doesn‘t! Neither does “species” or “feces” (since I‘m rhyming 😅😂). More examples: scissors, jeans, binoculars, glasses/spectacles 👓😁 (and many more)!
#weirdwordwednesday #weirdwords

CBee @IndoorDame @vivastory @psalva @dabbe @Amiable @Megabooks @lil1inblue @slategreyskies @mandarchy @Deblovestoread @TheSpineView @CatLass007 @Daisey @TheBookHippie @peanutnine 5mo

CatLass007 Wow! What a great word! 5mo

TheSpineView 🤩🤩🤩 5mo

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CBee @BookmarkTavern 😊 5mo

CBee @CatLass007 it sent me down a rabbit hole for sure 😊 5mo

BookmarkTavern Oh that‘s fun! 5mo

Deblovestoread Love this! 💜 5mo

peanutnine I really love this concept! Never would have thought about it 5mo

dabbe When I first quickly read it, I thought it said “plurale tantRum“, and I was thinking it meant someone who get angry with plural words. 😂 5mo

CBee @dabbe I thought the same 😂😂😂 5mo

Daisey Cool word and concept! 5mo

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dabbe

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

#weirdwordwednesday
@CBee

I think I would go crazy living in the marmoral room in the pic above. 🤪

IndoorDame Oh, yikes! I‘m really hoping that‘s an AI idea of a room and not something an actual human designer decided to create 5mo

TheBookHippie 🤣🤣🤣🤣😳 5mo

CBee Nope lol 😂😂🤪🤪 5mo

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Bookwomble It would be like living in a test for colour blindness! 😵‍💫 5mo

dabbe @IndoorDame I hope so, too! I just pulled it off of Google images. 🤩😂😀 (edited) 5mo

dabbe @TheBookHippie 🤩😂😀 5mo

dabbe @CBee 🤩😂😀 5mo

rwmg I've seen “rooms“ like that. They are just spaces for people to go in and take Instagram pictures. 5mo

dabbe @rwmg Well, it does drive home the point about being more than “marmorial“. 😂 5mo

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peanutnine

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

#WeirdWordWednesday @CBee
My partner and I were discussing the feeling of a Reese's cup when you bite into/break it after it's been in the fridge. I said it felt crisp but he said firm. But neither felt like the right descriptive. After some deep googling he found the word frangible, which we both agreed fit best. It "implies susceptibility to being broken without implying weakness or delicacy."
Language is funny #weirdwords

CBee I would describe it as crisp too! But frangible is SO much cooler 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 5mo

BookmarkTavern Oh I love that! 💖💖 5mo

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