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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

FRIENDS!! Posting late but I didn‘t want anyone to miss out on the absolute cuteness that is the pygmy marmoset! Sometimes I veer off course with the “weird” part, because cute animals 😂 Here‘s an article about them: https://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/pygmy-marmoset #weirdwords #weirdwordwednesday

CBee @dabbe @CatLass007 @Daisey @peanutnine @Megabooks @Deblovestoread @TheSpineView @psalva @vivastory @lil1inblue @Kerrbearlib @slategreyskies @Amiable @TheBookHippie @Cuilin @mandarchy @IndoorDame 3w

CatLass007 Cuuute! 3w

Susanita Oh my goodness!! 3w

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AmyG I love all monkeys! 🐒 3w

ncsufoxes My 15 year old is obsessed with the golden lion tamarins (he‘s obsessed with all types of monkeys). We saw them last summer at the zoo in Rhode Island. He still talks about them. We live close to the zoo in DC & just found out they have emperor ones (they have a long mustache). We used to live in San Diego & were frequent visitors of the zoo but I don‘t remember the marmosets. (edited) 3w

MemoirsForMe ❤️🐒❤️🐒❤️🐒 3w

Leftcoastzen So cute! 3w

TheSpineView Adorable 3w

CBee @ncsufoxes I love them too! We have cotton-top tamarins at our local zoo. They look like what Einstein would look like if he were a monkey I think 😂 3w

AnnCrystal 😍💝. 3w

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BookmarkTavern

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

I‘m positive this word has been shared before for #WeirdWordWednesday , but I had to take some books off of a bookshelf today because the shelf has developed a concerning curve to it. So it‘s been on my mind. 😂😂 #WeirdWords

I‘m going to need to buy another bookshelf. 😅

CBee

shortsarahrose I grabbed a free, recently deleted book from the library I work at yesterday. Put it on top of a massive stack on top of one of my shelves. It fell off within minutes. So I put it on a different massive stack 😆 I have a problem 🫠 1mo

BookmarkTavern @shortsarahrose Sounds like a good problem to have! 😆 1mo

CBee Same problem here 😂🤪 1mo

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CBee

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

Not really weird but it‘s an opportunity to brag on my oldest kiddo (he will always be a kiddo for me despite being almost 13 😱). He was watching a play through of a favorite video game and mentioned how one villain shows up at the start, but you don‘t actually fight the villain until the end. He said “and that‘s an example of foreshadowing.” LORD I love this kid. #weirdwords #weirdwordwednesday

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CBee Scott, wasn‘t sure which account to tag so, I tagged both 😊 @vivastory @eclectic-reader 1mo

Deblovestoread Smart kiddo! 1mo

TheBookHippie Love it!! 1mo

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CatLass007 13 is still a kiddo. So cool! 1mo

Megabooks Awesome kid!!! ⭐️⭐️ 1mo

dabbe This just tickles the English-teacher heart in me! Smart young man! 🤩🙌🏻🤩 1mo

BookmarkTavern Very cool! 😎 1mo

vivastory That's so awesome!! (I'll only be posting from this one now on. Sorry for the confusion) 1mo

AmyG 🙌🏻 1mo

TheSpineView Wow!!! 1mo

CBee @vivastory SCOTT. I got your gift. And, I emailed you back! You‘re the best, truly ♥️♥️♥️ 1mo

vivastory @CBee 💙 💙 1mo

Leftcoastzen Cool ! 1mo

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ChrisBohjalian

Gobsmacked!: The British Invasion of American English | Ben Yagoda

I love any book that teaches me a new word such as "shitgibbin."

julieclair This book sounds like so much fun! Stacking. 1mo

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ChrisBohjalian

Gobsmacked!: The British Invasion of American English | Ben Yagoda

Bedtime reading: a gift from friends so, for a change, I actually know what I‘m talking about.

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 2mo

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CBee

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

Better late than never, friends! I‘ve been on a Bob Dylan kick lately and the term and lyrics (my favorites in the song) above are from one of my favorite songs of his: Visions of Johanna. Anyone ever play blind man‘s bluff as a kid? #weirdwordwednesday #weirdwords

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CatLass007 Wow! I‘ve missed you. Happy New Year! I don‘t think I ever played blind-man‘s bluff as a child. But I‘ve heard of it. 3mo

CBee @CatLass007 I‘ve missed you too! It‘s been a rough start to the new year but it‘s starting to look up 🤞🏻 3mo

BookmarkTavern Glad to see you back! And never played, but I have heard of it! 3mo

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Cuilin Yes. It was a staple child‘s birthday party game, along with Pass the Parcel in Ireland in the 70‘s. 3mo

TheSpineView I played! That does bring back memories. 3mo

CBee @BookmarkTavern thank you! I‘ve missed you guys. 3mo

CBee @Cuilin tell me about Pass the Parcel! That‘s a new one. 3mo

dabbe So glad to see you, m'dear! I've never played blind-man's bluff, but I have read about it. 🩶🖤🩶 3mo

Cuilin Pass the parcel, the host has a gift wrapped with many layers of paper. The game starts with everyone seated in a circle. Music is played, the gift is passed around. When the music stops whoever is holding the parcel unwraps a layer, this continues with the music starting and stopping and layers being removed until the last player to remove the last piece of paper gets to keep the gift. 🎁 3mo

Cuilin @TheSpineView Musical Chairs, Blind Man‘s Bluff and Pass the Parcel bring back so many happy memories. 3mo

CatLass007 @Cuilin That sounds interesting. I have been at holiday parties with other adults when a game of “Chinese” Christmas party is played. Everyone brings a gift, maybe gag gifts or maybe the same type of gifts, say mugs. This doesn‘t work well with large groups because it takes a while. Everyone puts their anonymous gifts on a table or under a tree. Each person is assigned a number or maybe it just goes around the circle. The first person (cont)⬇️ 3mo

CatLass007 chooses and opens a package. The next person has the option of taking the gift from the first person or choosing a wrapped gift. It‘s fun but occasionally can be frustrating. 3mo

CatLass007 I guess the closest I‘ve ever come to playing blind-man‘s bluff is playing Pin the Tail on the Donkey. 3mo

CBee @Cuilin that sounds like so much fun! I always loved musical chairs too. 3mo

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dabbe

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

#weirdwords
#weirdwordwednesday
@CBee

Came across this in A FATAL GRACE by Louise Penny. Definitely something we don't experience in Phoenix, AZ!

CBee Perfect! I‘m actually on #6 in the series! Still cold and icy 😂 3mo

dabbe @CBee 🤩😂🤗 3mo

CSeydel I once used this word in a history paper in high school. My teacher took points off because he didn‘t know what it meant. One of the worst teachers I have ever had (and not just because of that). 3mo

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dabbe @CSeydel Translation from teacher: How dare you profess to know a word that I don't? You must have made it up or looked it up in the dictionary! #oy 🙄😂🤗 3mo

Suet624 This qualifies as a descriptor of my current local weather. 3mo

dabbe @Suet624 🩵❄️🩵 3mo

CBee @CSeydel omg that‘s terrible! Shame on him 😡 3mo

CSeydel @CBee He was truly horrible 3mo

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Maggie4483

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency | Anne Collins, Alexander McCall Smith

Girl, same.

(Hugs to anyone else who‘s missing someone this Christmas ❤️❤️❤️)

Ruthiella ❤️❤️❤️ 4mo

Librarybelle ❤️❤️❤️ 4mo

CarolynM ❤️❤️❤️ 4mo

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dabbe

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? 4mo

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 ♥️ 4mo

dabbe @CBee Another excellent one. Fun to pronounce and mispronounce, too! 😂 4mo

CBee @dabbe 😂😂😂 4mo

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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. 4mo

TheSpineView Good one! ❤️ 4mo

TheBookHippie I love birds 🙂🙃 what a fun word! 4mo

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dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 4mo

BookmarkTavern Yellow is my favorite color! 💛💛 4mo

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! 4mo

CBee @CatLass007 ha! I definitely didn‘t expect it to mean a shade of yellow 😂 4mo

CBee @TheBookHippie isn‘t this little guy cute? So yellow and poofy. 4mo

CBee @BookmarkTavern it‘s such a happy color 💛 4mo

CBee @psalva oh no! I‘m sorry to hear that. Have you reached out to Litsy help? 4mo

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