Litsy

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My flight to England is in two days, and I am vibrating with excitement! I‘m so ready to be free of responsibilities and on vacation!

#WeirdWordWednesday #WeirdWords @CBee

AnnCrystal Have Happy Travels 👏🏼🥳💝. 4d

CBee Happy almost vacation!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 3d

thebacklistbook Ooh! Enjoy your trip. Eat something British and check out lots of bookshops. 3d

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Blueberry ❤️, an important word 3d

Sace Enjoy your vacation! 3d

BookBr So many great bookshop opportunities! 😍 3d

dabbe Have a fabulous time! 🤩 3d

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CBee

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

I read about the Basque arborglyphs in #atreeaday and then, about the Pando aspen in Maggie, etc… (finished last night). Simply put: trees are amazing. #weirdwords #weirdwordwednesday
Articles for anyone interested:
https://theconversation.com/arborglyphs-basque-immigrant-sheepherders-left-their...
https://thetreeographer.com/2017/11/22/pando-aspen/

CBee @Megabooks @Daisey @TheBookHippie @Amiable @vivastory @Catlass007 @mandarchy @dabbe @IndoorDame @peanutnine @psalva @sace @slategreyskies @Lil1inblue @Deblovestoread @BookmarkTavern @Cuilin @Kerrbearlib @jen_the_scribe 4d

TheBookHippie How cool. 4d

Deblovestoread Love this! Aspens are my favorite, their leaves make the best music in the wind. 4d

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Amiable This photo is gorgeous, too! 😍 4d

SamAnne In the desert of SE Oregon, on Steens Mountain, one can find many carvings in the old aspen by Basque and other sheepherders from the early 1900s, maybe earlier. They are still there. Very cool, except for the disturbing carvings of female figures with antlers. Likely a little later by white dudes. 4d

BookmarkTavern Oh wow! That‘s so cool! 4d

lil1inblue @SamAnne How cool! That sounds absolutely breathtaking! 4d

lil1inblue I love this! 😍 4d

dabbe We just walked by some aspens on our walk with the pups. We're up north this week and are loving the weather and trees. L😍VE these new words. 🩵💙🩵 4d

CBee @Deblovestoread we don‘t have them here - wrong kind of climate 😅 4d

CBee @SamAnne hi!! So good to see you back on Litsy ♥️ Oof. So does it seem like someone came later and added the offensive carvings? That‘s awful. 4d

CBee @dabbe sounds lovely! 4d

dabbe @SamAnne 😱😳😤 4d

SamAnne @CBee aw thank you. I‘ve missed the friendly lovely crew here. 4d

CBee @SamAnne we‘ve missed you! Hope you‘ve been okay ♥️ 4d

CatLass007 Some of the words you share with us, although absolutely marvelous, I wonder if I‘ll ever have the opportunity to use. Nevertheless keep sharing, and I will keep remembering and looking for those opportunities. 3d

CBee @CatLass007 weird and not often used words is the goal ♥️ I‘ll keep sharing! 3d

Sace Fascinating! 3d

Daisey I‘ve come across some of these words in my reading, not only A Tree A Day, and always find the carvings a fascinating idea. Great words! 2d

CBee @Daisey 😊😊 1d

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BookmarkTavern

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

Happy #WeirdWordWednesday ! #WeirdWords

This one‘s one of my favorites. @CBee

CBee Ohhhhh I love this so much ♥️♥️ 2w

EvyBea Me after I read my new favorite book and cant stop thinking abt it 2w

Daisey Lovely word! 1w

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CBee

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

Did you know (I didn‘t) that the cashew is not a nut? It‘s the seed of a cashew apple, classified as a “drupe.” The book, “A Tree a Day,” inspired me to research this - there is a page devoted to The Cashew of Pirangi in Brazil - it‘s enormous! #naturalitsy #weirdwords #weirdwordwednesday

Amiable I did not know this! Interesting info! 2w

CBee @Amiable and that concludes the #weirdwords edition of “Cyd Investigates” 😂😂🤓🤓 (edited) 2w

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lil1inblue I learned something new today! ✨️🎶The more you know!🎶✨️ 2w

CBee @lil1inblue yay! 😀 2w

TheBookHippie I am loving this book! 2w

Megabooks I did know this, and it‘s very cool! Like how the tomato is actually a fruit. Or mushrooms are sexual organs. 😳 2w

Deblovestoread I just learned this yesterday as I caught up in my reading 🤯

A Tree a Day: 365 of the World�s Most Majestic Trees

peanutnine Okay this explains why I'm allergic to nuts except I can eat cashews just fine! 2w

AllDebooks That's fabulous 👌 2w

Jas16 I had no idea! 2w

MonicaLoves2Read I didn't know that. Don't you love learning stuff from reading? I do! 2w

dabbe Very interesting! I love learning new things! 😍 2w

CatLass007 Cool. 2w

CBee @Megabooks wait, mushrooms? Omg 🫣🫣😂😂 2w

CBee @Deblovestoread I didn‘t read it for three months so I just started with July - that NY “resolution” didn‘t last long 😂 2w

CBee @peanutnine oh wow! I actually read you shouldn‘t eat cashews if you‘re allergic to nuts which is odd. And even more interesting is that you CAN eat them! Cashews are yummy. (edited) 2w

Deblovestoread @Megabooks Sat what now? I will never look at a mushroom the same again 🤣🤣🤣 2w

CBee @Deblovestoread I KNOW 🍄 🫣 2w

Megabooks “Therefore, a mushroom is more like a genderless fungus penis…” https://www.mycopia.com/blog/1120 Biology is Wild!! @cbee @Deblovestoread 2w

CBee @Megabooks can I use “fungus penis” as an insult? Cause that‘s like, golden 😂😂😂 2w

AnnCrystal 🆒 This is incredible 🤩👌🏼💝💝💝 1w

Megabooks @CBee “quit being a fungus penis!!” Yeah, it works!! 🤣🤣🤣 1w

CBee @Megabooks YESSSSS 👏🏻👏🏻😂😂 1w

AmyG @Megabooks There‘s a fungus amoung us!!! 1w

CBee @AmyG and fungus penises too 😂😂😂🤪🤪🤪 1w

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Sace

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I never have a word for #weirdwords but thanks to the tagged book I now do! Though it‘s probably not weird for a musician.

CBee I remember this word!! I‘m a lapsed musician, I guess you could say. Want me to add you to my tag list? 3w

Sace @CBee sure! But I don‘t know how often I‘ll have a word. 3w

CBee @Sace no worries! Post when you find a goodie 😊 3w

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dabbe Love this word! It‘s musical, too, when said out loud. 3w

Sace @CBee Will do! 3w

Sace @dabbe It is! 3w

BookmarkTavern I love saying this word! 3w

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CBee

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

I know I‘ve done an interesting color words post before, but I just LOVE unique words for colors. Here are a few, and here‘s an article to read: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/59328/19-colors-youve-probably-never-heard
Who knew “puke” and “xanadu” were colors? #weirdwords #weirdwordswednesday