Litsy

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

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@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 ♥️ 3d

dabbe @CBee Another excellent one. Fun to pronounce and mispronounce, too! 😂 3d

CBee @dabbe 😂😂😂 2d

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CBee

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? 3d

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dabbe

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

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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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BookmarkTavern

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. 💖

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CBee A perfect word for the season ♥️ 2w

Daisey Great word choice! 2w

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dabbe

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#weirdwords @CBee

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A fun, wintry word! ⛄️⛄️⛄️

CBee This word is FAB. I think I might use it as an exclamation - well, HOGAMADOG, it‘s cold 😂😂😂 2w

dabbe @CBee I was thinking of saying it to my neighbor, who loves to cuddle my dogs: “Hey, don't hogaMYdog!“ 🤩😂🤗 2w

CBee @dabbe omg 😂😂😂😂 2w

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CBee

Mythos: A Retelling of the Myths of Ancient Greece | Stephen Fry

I consider myself semi knowledgeable in Greek mythology, but Stephen Fry is letting me know that there is still much more to learn! Bosporus and Oxford are basically the same word and get their origins from the story of Io (and Zeus being a cad, again). Plus I learned why the peacock is sacred to Hera! Enjoy 😊 #weirdwords #weirdwordwednesday
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Io_(mythology)

CBee @TheBookHippie @dabbe @slategreyskies @peanutnine @mandarchy @Megabooks @lil1inblue @Amiable @Daisey @psalva @Deblovestoread @TheSpineView @CatLass007 @BookmarkTavern @Cuilin @IndoorDame 2w

TheSpineView 😎😎😎 2w

Amiable I knew that “ford“ indicated water crossings -- where I live there are a number of towns near the shore that have it in their name (i.e. Guilford, Waterford, Milford, Stratford, etc.). I didn't know that Bosphorus was connected. Cool! 2w

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CBee @Amiable very cool! I didn‘t even connect “ford” with a water crossing before 🤷‍♀️ 2w

dabbe I have no clue about the meaning of oxford; thanks for sharing, #wordsmithextraordinaire! 💙❄️💙 2w

BookmarkTavern How interesting! 2w

TheBookHippie Facinating!!! 2w

CBee @dabbe the more you know 😊 2w

CatLass007 That‘s a lot of history for one word! Excellent!! 2w

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Daisey

The Merriam Webster Dictionary | Merriam-Webster

I don‘t have a specific word to share today, but I did see this post from Merriam-Webster this week that I think is worth a share.

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Ruthiella 😂😂😂 3w

BookmarkTavern I love this Twitter account! 💖 3w

Daisey @BookmarkTavern They definitely share some fun word info! 3w

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BookmarkTavern

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean