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This is one I figured out from context clues but I enjoy the definition - "a violent expression"

I did not know until I discovered this word, but I am a morgenmuffel. 🤣

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Thank you, Percival Everett, for introducing me to this word (and plenty of others, it was actually hard to choose 🤩). Here‘s a Wiki about fescennine verse - so interesting: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fescennine_Verses 🤓 #weirdwords #weirdwordwednesday

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After dealing with banking and financial issues today, I need this word. It's quite soothing to hear and see. 💚

The irony of this made me laugh. 😄

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Found in my current read (Demon Copperhead), where it‘s written as “sigoggling.” Used to describe a bunch of cars at a party, parked a bit haphazardly 😁
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So I‘m not fond of the smell of manure 😑, BUT I do love the smell of dirt, earth, and grass… *sigh* #weirdwordwednesday #weirdwords

A late night #weirdwordwednesday. A malaphor, or a mixed idiom is when two idioms are mixed with a comic result. They remind me of malapropisms. I meant to come up with a few of my own but didn‘t have much creative energy. Has anyone got any other funny ones? #weirdwords @CBee

Still riding on my mythology high after reading A Thousand Ships, apparently 😂😂 So here is my #weirdwordwednesday choice and even better, an article with examples of katabases (I believe that‘s the plural). Does anybody else want to slap Orpheus? Dude had one job and he screwed it up 🤦‍♀️😂🤔🤭🫣 https://www.thecollector.com/mortals-underworld-katabasis-greek-roman-mythology/
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There‘s a word for everything! Even a word for things that aren‘t words.

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A favorite poem and word 😊 @vivastory I know you love this one too 😁 #weirdwordwednesday #weirdwords

This week‘s word isn‘t from a current book, but instead a talk I watched about Tolkien‘s art. The speaker examined several illustrations pointing out possible faces. He also showed examples from the natural world. This is my own favorite from the creek near my sister‘s house. We called it the dog rock from the first day we saw it.

pareidolia: (noun) the perception of patterns or recognizable images, especially faces in accidental arrangement

Saw some delightful news today that the 20th album of one of my favorite songsters, Chris Smither, is set to be released in May. I saw him live in November and he played one of his new songs called Down in Thibodaux. It‘s full of words that rhyme with the title: bateau, chapeau, crapaud, and fais-dodo, a typically Louisianan evening country dance. I had to share my enthusiasm for these delightful words on #weirdwordWednesday. #weirdwords @CBee ⬇️

Let me once again take the opportunity to RAVE about this book (O Caledonia) - I‘ve been thinking about it ever since I finished. Sigh… also, the other weird word in the paragraph is “demesne” which is another word for “domain” 😊 And Hector was tipsy 😂😂 #weirdwordwednesday #weirdwords

I love everything about this: the word “vellichor” itself, the definition of it, the concept of a dictionary of obscure sorrows and the reason for its existence— EVERYTHING. 😍

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I love unique color words. Enjoy!
https://www.colorpsychology.org/unique-color-names/
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Don't know why, but I've been feeling this word lately. Actually, I can think of quite a few reasons why ...

Saw this word and couldn‘t resist for #weirdwordwednesday #weirdwords ! 😀

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I love this word and never knew this was what it meant! I also love looking at old advertisements - makes me nostalgic for when things were (maybe) simpler? Not that I‘m old enough to have played with a zoetrope…..but I digress. Enjoy 😂🤪 #weirdwords #weirdwordswednesday

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Who knew? Not me. A really fun one to say out loud, and it's a game, too! 😃

Food plays such a big role in the last book I read (A Woman is No Man) and it all sounded so yummy 🤤 Therefore, here is my #weirdwordwednesday offering 😊 #weirdwords

For this week‘s entry, I present a word that was apparently invented for an episode of “The Simpsons” and is now an actual entry in Merriam-Webster. I‘d say that‘s a perfectly cromulent way of adding to the English language.

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Thought this would be an appropriate one right about now. It is in my neck of the woods, at least. 😬

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“You're a mountweazel!“

“No, you're a mountweazel!“

Note to self: do NOT be a mountweazel! Or be hoodwinked by one. 😃

“There‘s a Yiddish word that describes Norman‘s genius: It‘s kochleffel,” Reiner said. “For all you non-Jews out there, kochleffel is a ladle, a ladle that stirs the pot. And when Norman the kochleffel stirred that pot, he wound up changing American culture.”

https://www.jta.org/2024/01/16/culture/rob-reiner-uses-yiddish-word-kochleffel-i...

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Your science lesson for today 😊😊 Learned a lot researching this one but here‘s the Wiki to start: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelagic_zone
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Spotted this in a book (but forgot to mark down which book, of course). But I remembered the word! Because it‘s a glorious one.
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Pronounced hay-mish, this Yiddish term describes something or somewhere that is homey, warm and unpretentious. 🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶

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This word popped up in Magpie Murders and I made sure to highlight it 😊 It‘s also used in Hamlet (bet you knew that, right Denise? 😁). #weirdwords #weirdwordswednesday

I always thought this word was fun to say - though the condition it describes is serious and in no way am I trying to make light of it! #weirdwords #weirdwordswednesday

Also spelled "oisgeputzd", this word can have two definitions. Literally, it just means to be "dressed up nicely". However, it can also have an exaggerated meaning of being "over dressed" or "flamboyandtly dressed".

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Yiddish word for NEW YEARS EVE ?

Apparently this phrase is misused a bit - there‘s even a whole Reddit thread about it 😂 I can see why - it sounds like a legal term and a bit fancy to use in everyday speech 😁🤓 #weirdwords #weirdwordswednesday

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This one's from my current read, a detective mystery in lots of snow. ❄️

I don‘t think this is actually a legitimate contraction. But what do I know? I‘m from the North. I‘m gonna have to go to @dabbe (English teacher) and @CBee (Southerner) for a ruling. Bueller? Bueller? 🤷🏻‍♀️😀

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Two -ious words today, both read recently (don‘t remember what book 🤪). Both fun to say! #weirdwords #weirdwordswednesday

My partner sent me this this morning. I think he's trying to tell me something... 😂 It's me, hi 👋🏼
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Hi @CBee I‘m sorry I missed Izzy‘s passing last week. I know it‘s hard to lose such a good friend. 💙 I also don‘t know if Izzy practiced estivation in the summer sun, but some of my dogs have. 😂 Came across this word in a short story, and I don‘t remember having seen it before. #weirdwords

My thoughts are with you and others grieving her. 🫶🏻

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This one came up in one of my audiobooks today. A German word for the feeling you get when someone else does something so awkward or embarrassing, you feel secondhand embarrassment for them. I get this feeling often 🫣😅
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Another literary one. It's been fun for me to learn the harder ones! 😃

Spotted this in my current read. I‘m not sure I ever thought about the origins of the phrase “gung-ho.” Credit to the Marines! 😀

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@CBee

Nit azoy ay-ay-ay (NEET ah-ZOY aye-aye-aye; the "ay" should be pronounced like the pronoun "I")

A little fun Yiddish today ?

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This is a super cool word and of course I‘m referring more to the animal part of it because, well, animals 😂 here‘s a link to a whole list of crepuscular animals: https://animalia.bio/crepuscular
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Not just my entry for this week‘s #weirdwordwednesday —it‘s also a word I cannot ever spell correctly and I need to look up every time. 😖😀

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From my current read (Fight Night). The word above means shell and “conchigliettes” are pasta shells (small ones). So, Grandma‘s favorite food is dry pasta 😂 Quote for reference in the comments 😁 #weirdwords #weirdwordswednesday

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In SLOW preparation for election season, I've been trying to learn/relearn some logical fallacies. A lot of them are weird because they're in Latin, so you might be seeing some of these in the future. 😃

Here‘s one for the dog folks! 😀

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Hebrew language, where the term for housewife—bailat ha‘bayit—means “master of the home”
I was taught this as mothers are the heart, they also pass on knowledge and Faith. The home means the person that is mother and that is the master of the house -my grandma taught me this lesson when I was struggling with no longer bringing in a paycheck when I was pregnant with my son and deciding to stay home. I painted this as a reminder after she died.

I always thought constructing and creating clocks and watches was the coolest. I‘m sure there are still folks out there who do this, especially for older clocks and such….. anyway, enjoy! 🕰️ 😊 #weirdwords

Reposting for @cbee
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