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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

Today‘s gray weather was perfect for staying inside, curled up with a book and the last of my brownie batch.

#WeirdWordWednesday #WeirdWords @CBee

CatLass007 Awesome! Weird words are so much fun!! 2w

TheBookHippie Love it! And it‘s accurate! 2w

AnnCrystal 🍫🌧️📚💝. 2w

CBee Perfect for our weather too ☁️ 2w

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CBee

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

It isn‘t musical instrument related and it isn‘t a fish 😂 I am always excited when I find new X words and especially words that don‘t mean what I think they mean 😃 #weirdwordwednesday #weirdwords

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dabbe #coolword 🩶💚🩶 2w

CBee @dabbe I wish it were a xylophone playing fish though 😂😂 2w

CatLass007 😂 2w

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dabbe @CBee Lordy, that would be the perfect word for that! 🤣🤣🤣 2w

Daisey A xylophone playing fish! 😂 🤣 2w

CBee @Daisey are you picturing it in your head? 😂😂😂 2w

CBee @dabbe right? Presenting, for your entertainment - Xavier the Xylocarp, playing the xylophone with his fins! 😂 2w

Kerrbearlib Very cool word! 2w

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BookmarkTavern

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

If you, like me, are having a rough time right now, *gestures vaguely at everything* I cannot recommend enough doing things together as a community.

A neighborhood clean up, volunteering at your local library, joining a new book club. Be with people. ❤️ Yes, even us introverts.

#WeirdWordWednesday #WeirdWords @CBee

Aims42 Joining a Bookclub has been of the best things for my weary soul. 10/10 would recommend 👍 3w

MaGoose Going to a Book Circle at the local branch of the county library over the past few months has been a life saver for sure. Met new people and met new books. ❤️💙💜 3w

AnishaInkspill what a wonderful word 3w

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CBee

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

Thanks to the #atreeaday daily readings, which I‘m quite behind on, I discovered another new word! This is very science-y, friends. But very cool! Here‘s a link if interested: https://www.thoughtco.com/cladogram-definition-and-examples-4778452
#weirdwordwednesday #weirdwords

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CBee @AllDebooks 😀 3w

TheBookHippie I am loving this book! Also behind 😂 3w

peanutnine Ooh this image is giving me college flashbacks 😂 3w

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BookmarkTavern That‘s so cool! 🧬 3w

CBee @TheBookHippie it‘s lovely! 3w

CBee @peanutnine I didn‘t get far enough in my college biology class to even know about these 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ 3w

dabbe Yes to this and the book! 🤩💚🤩 3w

kspenmoll I must be behind in this book too! Thanks for voc lesson!!!! 3w

peanutnine @CBee ugh I was an archaeology major and decided to take an anthropology/biology crossover class on evolution cause it sounded interesting. Worst class of my LIFE 3w

CBee @kspenmoll I‘m still in January! 3w

CBee @peanutnine oof. That sounds a bit painful 😳 3w

CatLass007 Interesting.🧐 3w

Deblovestoread Love this! 3w

Amiable Neat! 3w

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BookmarkTavern

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

It has been a rough few weeks at home, and I am feeling this word pretty hard right now. But I know I can come here and find small pieces of joy. ❤️

#WeirdWordWednesday @CBee #WeirdWords

Amiable I have loved this word since learning it in high school German class 40 years ago! 4w

CBee Yes. Feeling it too 💔 4w

Ruthiella ❤️❤️❤️ 4w

BC_Dittemore So apt 4w

Bookwomble ❤️‍🩹 3w

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TieDyeDude

Cliches: Over 1500 Phrases Explored and Explained | Betty Kirkpatrick, Elizabeth McLaren Kirkpatrick

Finally bought a set from Cliche tea, a local Alaskan business that offers teas themed on literary cliches. I am trying Magical Powers today, an herbal lemon tea with a gorgeous blue color from butterfly pea. I'm excited to dig into the rest of this set. There is also a romance set, archetypes, and one for writers ☺️

TieDyeDude Clichetea.com 1mo

JamieArc I‘ll have to check this out. Thanks for sharing! 1mo

TheKidUpstairs Love this! Thanks for sharing! 1mo

Deblovestoread Ooh I love knowing about this. I enjoy finding new tea places for gifts for my daughter so thank you. 1mo

AnnCrystal 🫖☕😎👍💫. 1mo

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CBee

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

I just really want this word to have something to do with cats 🐱😂 #weirdwordwednesday #weirdwords

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Suet624 😂😂 1mo

Amiable Holy cow, I literally noticed this word in a book about an hour ago! It's like you were looking over my shoulder. In my bedroom. While I was reading in bed. Which would totally be weird. 😄 1mo

CatLass007 Everything is always related to cats. The world revolves around cats. So of course even if the definition doesn‘t mention cats, it‘s still about cats.🐱 @Amiable That‘s serendipitous! And weird. 1mo

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dabbe Cats are so special, they are part of their own concatenation. 🤩🖤🐾🖤🤩 1mo

BookmarkTavern What a fun word! ❤️ 1mo

CBee @Amiable what, you didn‘t notice me there? 😂😂😂 I read it in a book too

Dear Fang, With Love: A novel

1mo

CBee @CatLass007 I knew you would appreciate that this word should be about cats. And probably is. Because cats 😊 1mo

CBee @dabbe ooooo I see what ya did there. And I like it 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 1mo

CBee @BookmarkTavern right? There was also another cool word I considered using but it was a type of really creepy looking fish. I went with the non creepy one obviously 😂😂 (edited) 1mo

Amiable @CBee I was reading

King: A Life

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CBee @Amiable I‘d like to read/listen to that one! 1mo

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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. 1mo

CBee @CatLass007 I‘ve missed you too! It‘s been a rough start to the new year but it‘s starting to look up 🤞🏻 1mo

BookmarkTavern Glad to see you back! And never played, but I have heard of it! 1mo

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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. 1mo

TheSpineView I played! That does bring back memories. 1mo

CBee @BookmarkTavern thank you! I‘ve missed you guys. 1mo

CBee @Cuilin tell me about Pass the Parcel! That‘s a new one. 1mo

dabbe So glad to see you, m'dear! I've never played blind-man's bluff, but I have read about it. 🩶🖤🩶 1mo

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. 🎁 1mo

Cuilin @TheSpineView Musical Chairs, Blind Man‘s Bluff and Pass the Parcel bring back so many happy memories. 1mo

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)⬇️ 1mo

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. 1mo

CatLass007 I guess the closest I‘ve ever come to playing blind-man‘s bluff is playing Pin the Tail on the Donkey. 1mo

CBee @Cuilin that sounds like so much fun! I always loved musical chairs too. 1mo

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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 😂 2mo

dabbe @CBee 🤩😂🤗 2mo

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). 2mo

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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 🙄😂🤗 2mo

Suet624 This qualifies as a descriptor of my current local weather. 2mo

dabbe @Suet624 🩵❄️🩵 2mo

CBee @CSeydel omg that‘s terrible! Shame on him 😡 2mo

CSeydel @CBee He was truly horrible 2mo

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TheSpineView

More Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean, Danny Shanahan

#WeirdWordWednesday @Cbee

Getting back into my weird word list. This one is another word I happened upon while reading. Love weird, wonderful and new to me words.

dabbe Same here. 🩶🩵🩶 2mo

TheSpineView @dabbe 👍 2mo

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