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Thanks again to #AuntieBev teaching me a new relevant word.

#WeirdWordWednesday

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lil1inblue 🙌 🙌 🙌 4d

AlaMich Hmmm, if only I could think of a way to use that in a sentence…🧐😤 4d

AmyG Yep 4d

CBee Pretty much. And now I need to look up Auntie Bev! 4d

dabbe 🩵🎯🩵 4d

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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. 4d

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 😊😊 2d

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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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Deblovestoread

The Weird World of Words: A Guided Tour | Mitchell Symons

#WeirdWordWednesday

I saw a IG reel posted by Cory Booker of a woman sharing the definition of trumpery. And sure enough it‘s right there in my Miriam-Webster dictionary. Sometimes the universe gets it right.

@CBee

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DL27UaMPpAV/?igsh=b2xiZDZieGd0NHlw. Edited to attach the reel so all can enjoy!

DGRachel Wasn‘t it from Auntie Bev? She lives in the Raleigh/Durham area of NC. I adore her and she‘s worth following on IG in her own right. 2w

Trashcanman Whats a good word for the people who believe his bullshit? Suckers, idiots, delusional, racists, bigots? We need a new word that encapsulates all of those into one. 2w

Deblovestoread @DGRachel Yes! I loved her reel and will follow her. @Trashcanman Totally agree! 2w

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TheBookHippie @Trashcanman 💯 2w

TheBookHippie Loved this so much!! 2w

Aims42 lol! I love this 🤣👍 Facts!! 2w

AmyG @Trashcanman We do need a word. Where to even begin? 2w

Sace @Trashcanman Behold: https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/synonyms-for-idiot#:~:text=.... 2w

Chrissyreadit @Sace brilliant! @Trashcanman I believe “cult member” can also be a descriptor but it‘s not as viscous as they are. @Deblovestoread I saw this too and loved it so much! @DGRachel I keep adding people to follow- and am so glad to discover these brilliant people ❤️ 2w

Trashcanman @Sace Thank you. But I think that his supporters are much more than just idiots. A lot are. But you can be an idiot and not be a racist, bigoted, heartless, POS. Just calling them an idiot is too kind. 2w

Sace @Trashcanman true. 2w

dabbe So frickin‘ true. 🩵🎯🩵 2w

Amiable It‘s like a nightmare—I keep pinching myself to wake up but unfortunately we‘re already awake. 😖 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 🤩👌🏼💝💝💝 2w

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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