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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

I took this picture in the Wigan North Western railway station when I was visiting last week! There was a whole alphabet of phrases, and I wish I had had the time to take pictures of all of them!

#WeirdWordWednesday #WeirdWords @CBee

CBee Nice!! Where is this? 2w

BookmarkTavern @CBee Wigan, England! I was doing some family history stuff in nearby Abram! 2w

CBee @BookmarkTavern oh how cool! 2w

AnnCrystal 👏🏼🤩🚃🎨💝. 2w

Bookwomble This was how my accent would go when talking to the older generation of my family 😄 (I am the older generation of the family now, so it rarely slips out anymore 👴🏻) 1w

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CBee

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

I decided to keep it light for #weirdwordwednesday. So, instead of trying to explain how socialism and communism are not the same thing (😅), I present the echidna. Because, in this horrible dumpster fire we are currently living in, who doesn‘t want to look at and learn about cute, unique animals? 😁
Article links: https://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/echidna AND https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/mammals/echidna

CBee Look up echidna babies/puggles. You can thank me later 😍 #weirdwords 2w

CBee @Megabooks @Daisey @TheBookHippie @Amiable @vivastory @Catlass007 @mandarchy @dabbe @IndoorDame @peanutnine @psalva @sace @slategreyskies @Lil1inblue @Deblovestoread @BookmarkTavern @Cuilin @Kerrbearlib @jen_the_scribe 2w

Amiable OMG, it‘s like he (she? It ?) is reaching out for a hug! 😍 2w

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TheBookHippie Omg so CUTE!!!!! 2w

CBee @Amiable a very prickly hug 😂 2w

CBee @TheBookHippie the babies are all bald and funny looking but so CUTE! 2w

peanutnine Omg the PUGGLES!!! They're so freaking adorable! Their snouts! And cute little tongues!! Best Wednesday morning google 2w

CBee @peanutnine yayyyy 💚💚💚👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 2w

Tamra Adorbs! 2w

5feet.of.fury So cute and weird ! 2w

dabbe The adorableness I needed today. 💙🩵💙 2w

CatLass007 Thank you once again for brightening up my Wednesday! I want one!😮💜 2w

CBee @CatLass007 yay! You‘re welcome ☺️ 2w

Kerrbearlib Adorable! 2w

LeeRHarry They are very cute - lucky to have seen them out in the wild, just lumbering around! 😊 2w

CBee @LeeRHarry so lucky! I‘m very jealous 💚 2w

BookmarkTavern So cute! I want to put one in my pocket! 2w

AnnCrystal 🤩 Thank You for this share! 👏🏼😍 Too Cute 💝💝💝. 2w

Deblovestoread Adorable! ❤️ 2w

mandarchy I am a little late to the party as usual. Thank you for something to reach out to from the dumpster fire 😅 7d

CBee @mandarchy dumpster fire indeed 🤦‍♀️ You‘re welcome 💚 6d

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Deblovestoread

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

#WeirdWordWednesday

Brits have the BEST slang words and if the shoe fits….

@CBee

Jari-chan 👏👏👏 4w

KadaGul Nailed it 🩵🎯🩵🎯🩵 4w

Aims42 🤣 Utter perfection!!! 4w

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Amiable To a tee! 4w

lil1inblue 😘🤌🏻 🤣🤣🤣 4w

TheBookHippie 🎯🎯🎯🎯 4w

AlaMich It‘s like they coined it just for him!🤣 4w

CBee Absolutely perfect 😂😂👏🏻👏🏻 4w

Sace 😂🍊😂 4w

AkashaVampie @AlaMich 👍 👏 4w

Ruthiella Right on 🎯 4w

Christine 🤢🤣 4w

Eggbeater Now he's going to be President Cockwomble in my head. Thank you! 🤣 4w

Bookwomble My Litsy handle is a self-deprecating play on this word. I hadn't anticipated the company I might be keeping, though! 😒🍊😄 3w

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CBee

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

Today‘s #weirdwords selection is from Jewish folklore. Sign me up for anything folklore, mythological, and the like 🤓 @TheBookHippie your post inspired me 😁 #weirdwordwednesday

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

TheBookHippie 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙 4w

dabbe I want a golem as a protector! Mine would probably turn into a destructive one, though ... like Gollum in LOTR. 🩵💙🩵 4w

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CatLass007 I just finished the first three books of the Black Hat Bureau series, in which one of the main characters is a golem. Fun books! 4w

lil1inblue @dabbe #ditto 🩵🤣 4w

JenniferEgnor There is a great movie about this. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8329290/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk 4w

AlaMich This is a great novel with a golem as the MC.

The Golem and the Jinni

CBee @dabbe hahaha mine probably would too. I‘d rather some Heinzelmännchen: https://germangirlinamerica.com/heinzelmannchen-the-elves-of-cologne/ 4w

CBee @AlaMich I‘ve heard that‘s a good one! 4w

CBee @JenniferEgnor one that wreaks havoc, I see 🫣🫣 4w

CBee @CatLass007 cool! 4w

dabbe @CBee @CBee Oh, yes please! How adorable! 🩵💙🩵 4w

CatLass007 There was an episode of the X-Files that featured a golem. But when Dana Scully was narrating, she called it a gollum. 4w

AnnCrystal 🆒☺️👍🏼💝. 4w

StaceGhost I just saw a really cool seminar about golems in folklore! Love all the new books with golems coming out 4w

CBee @CatLass007 I think the pronunciation is similar? I can see how one would pronounce it gollum. I‘m too much of an LOTR fan to make that mistake 😂🤓 4w

CBee @StaceGhost that sounds awesome! 4w

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BookmarkTavern

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

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 👏🏼🥳💝. 1mo

CBee Happy almost vacation!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 1mo

thebacklistbook Ooh! Enjoy your trip. Eat something British and check out lots of bookshops. 1mo

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Blueberry ❤️, an important word 1mo

Sace Enjoy your vacation! 1mo

BookBr So many great bookshop opportunities! 😍 1mo

dabbe Have a fabulous time! 🤩 1mo

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dabbe

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

#weirdwordwednesday @CBee

I adore mythological stories.

CBee ME TOO!!! I never tire of mythology. Edith Hamilton‘s book turned me into such a nerd for it 🤓🤓 1mo

dabbe @CBee #theclassicsofallclassics 🩵💙🩵 1mo

lil1inblue I vividly remember my introduction to Greek mythology in the 4th grade. I was OBSESSED. I remember being so morose when the unit was over! Since then, I've been drawn to all sorts of mythological stories form all sorts of cultures! 😍 1mo

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dabbe @lil1inblue Me, too! I loved that the stories were short, too! 😂 I adored teaching THE ILIAD and THE ODYSSEY to my honors freshmen. They didn't love it as much as I did, though! 😍 1mo

lil1inblue @dabbe I loved reading both in high school - my teacher adored them, as well, so it made it all the better! So many great discussions! 🤩 I should reread them one of these days.... 1mo

dabbe @lil1inblue So many books ... 😍 1mo

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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/

TheBookHippie How cool. 1mo

Deblovestoread Love this! Aspens are my favorite, their leaves make the best music in the wind. 1mo

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Amiable This photo is gorgeous, too! 😍 1mo

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. 1mo

BookmarkTavern Oh wow! That‘s so cool! 1mo

lil1inblue @SamAnne How cool! That sounds absolutely breathtaking! 1mo

lil1inblue I love this! 😍 1mo

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. 🩵💙🩵 1mo

CBee @Deblovestoread we don‘t have them here - wrong kind of climate 😅 1mo

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. 1mo

CBee @dabbe sounds lovely! 1mo

dabbe @SamAnne 😱😳😤 1mo

SamAnne @CBee aw thank you. I‘ve missed the friendly lovely crew here. 1mo

CBee @SamAnne we‘ve missed you! Hope you‘ve been okay ♥️ 1mo

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. 1mo

CBee @CatLass007 weird and not often used words is the goal ♥️ I‘ll keep sharing! 1mo

Sace Fascinating! 1mo

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! 1mo

CBee @Daisey 😊😊 1mo

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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 ♥️♥️ 1mo

EvyBea Me after I read my new favorite book and cant stop thinking abt it 1mo

Daisey Lovely word! 1mo

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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! 1mo

CBee @Amiable and that concludes the #weirdwords edition of “Cyd Investigates” 😂😂🤓🤓 (edited) 1mo

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lil1inblue I learned something new today! ✨️🎶The more you know!🎶✨️ 1mo

CBee @lil1inblue yay! 😀 1mo

TheBookHippie I am loving this book! 1mo

Megabooks I did know this, and it‘s very cool! Like how the tomato is actually a fruit. Or mushrooms are sexual organs. 😳 1mo

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

1mo

peanutnine Okay this explains why I'm allergic to nuts except I can eat cashews just fine! 1mo

AllDebooks That's fabulous 👌 1mo

Jas16 I had no idea! 1mo

MonicaLoves2Read I didn't know that. Don't you love learning stuff from reading? I do! 1mo

dabbe Very interesting! I love learning new things! 😍 1mo

CatLass007 Cool. 1mo

CBee @Megabooks wait, mushrooms? Omg 🫣🫣😂😂 1mo

CBee @Deblovestoread I didn‘t read it for three months so I just started with July - that NY “resolution” didn‘t last long 😂 1mo

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) 1mo

Deblovestoread @Megabooks Sat what now? I will never look at a mushroom the same again 🤣🤣🤣 1mo

CBee @Deblovestoread I KNOW 🍄 🫣 1mo

Megabooks “Therefore, a mushroom is more like a genderless fungus penis…” https://www.mycopia.com/blog/1120 Biology is Wild!! @cbee @Deblovestoread 1mo

CBee @Megabooks can I use “fungus penis” as an insult? Cause that‘s like, golden 😂😂😂 1mo

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

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

CBee @Megabooks YESSSSS 👏🏻👏🏻😂😂 1mo

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

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

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