WeirdWordWednesday

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

I‘ve been spending the day working on a new novel idea, and it‘s my first time writing without any kind of outline.

It is both terrifying and exhilarating. 😂

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Ruthiella Good luck! 🍀 6d

julesG It does sound more eloquent than 'pantser' 😉 6d

AnnCrystal It's Exhilarating! 👏🏼😉👌🏼 You got this 📝💝.. 6d

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CBee How exciting!! You can do it 🙌🏻 6d

CatLass007 Awesome! I didn‘t know you are a novelist. Have you written anything in which I might be interested? You have to remember that I‘m interested in reading every genre. Also, I agree with @julesG, it does sound more eloquent than “pantster.” Thanks for the tag! 6d

BookmarkTavern @CatLass007 This one‘s a cozy mystery! And nothing published as of yet! But I‘m hoping to have something by the end of the year to start querying. We‘ll see how that goes! 🤞🏻 6d

CatLass007 Excellent! I love cozies. Does it have a theme? Cats, dogs, book club, baking, crafting, etc.? Or do you know yet? 6d

BookmarkTavern @CatLass007 my amateur sleuth has inherited an old train diner car and is restoring it as an old fashioned diner! 6d

CatLass007 Cool!! I definitely would patronize the diner. (edited) 6d

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dabbe

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#weirdwordwednesday #weirdwords
@CBee

#allusions

This one is quite prevalent today with our current out-of-touch government. #oy

CBee Oy indeed 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ 6d

Suet624 100% 6d

dabbe @CBee 🩵🎯🩵 6d

dabbe @Suet624 🩵🎯🩵 6d

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Daisey

Kristin Lavransdatter | Sigrid Undset

deracinate: (verb) uproot someone from their natural geographical, social, or cultural environment

An interesting word found as I was reading the introduction to the tagged book.

#WeirdWords #WeirdWordWednesday #KLBR

CBee

CBee Very interesting and not one I‘ve heard before! 6d

Suet624 Interesting! 6d

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TheSpineView

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: Eleventh Edition | Merriam-Webster

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Metanoia: a profound usually spiritual, transformation

dabbe 💙🩵💙 7d

TheSpineView @dabbe 👍 6d

CBee Ooo, good one! 6d

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TheSpineView @CBee Thanks! 6d

BookmarkTavern Love this one! 6d

TheSpineView @BookmarkTavern 👍 6d

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CBee

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

My #weirdwordwednesday pick! I remember discovering this word during a word game - maybe Words With Friends or similar - and always thought it was a bit silly sounding. This little googol mascot guy should have googly eyes, I think 😂 #weirdwords

CBee @Megabooks @Daisey @TheBookHippie @Amiable @vivastory @Catlass007 @mandarchy @dabbe @IndoorDame @peanutnine @psalva @slategreyskies @Lil1inblue @Deblovestoread @TheSpineView @BookmarkTavern @Cuilin @Kerrbearlib (edited) 7d

CatLass007 Another great word! I was listening to Death Comes To Pemberley and decided to look up a word instead of just figuring out what it meant from its context. I actually should have stuck to my habit with this particular word because it was very difficult to find a real definition or even a picture. What on earth did the word jives mean in 1803? 7d

BookmarkTavern I heard the word googolplex (10 raised to the power of a googol) first when I was in school, and that‘s how I learned about googol. 😄 7d

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CBee @CatLass007 jives? In 1803? Hmm. I have no idea 😂😂 6d

CBee @BookmarkTavern I should have included googolplex! 6d

CatLass007 I‘ve heard of gewgaws but not googols. “Jives around the prisoner‘s wrists,” was the quote in the book. Shackles. 6d

CBee @CatLass007 gotcha. What are gewgaws? 6d

CatLass007 Gewgaws are what I would call “thingies.” I‘ve never actually looked up the definition. As usual. 6d

CBee @CatLass007 I looked it up 😂 Couldn‘t resist. “Gewgaws:
a showy thing, especially one that is useless or worthless.” 6d

CatLass007 Okay, so I was wrong. Thingies are useful. 6d

CBee @CatLass007 I agree! Thingies are very useful, especially when you don‘t know what something is called. “That thingie over there” and such 😂 6d

CatLass007 Exactly!! 6d

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psalva

Laura | Vera Caspary

Waldo‘s narrative is intriguing, often full of vibrant vocabulary. “Scrofulous,” suitable for #weirdwordwednesday , means having a diseased appearance, and similarly “rachitic” refers to rickety geraniums. Interesting word choice. Revealing much?….

Reggie Um excuse me. You think you can just pop in with a weird word Wednesday like we haven‘t see you for months! lol, good to see you, Peter! lol 2w

psalva @Reggie Haha I was trying to be sneaky… it‘s certainly been a minute. 2w

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BookmarkTavern

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

Sometimes, you just gotta buckle down and do the work. 💙

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CBee Oof. But the work can be so hard 😬🫩 2w

BookmarkTavern @CBee Yes, but the results are so very often worth it! 💕 2w

CBee @BookmarkTavern this is true ♥️ 2w

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JenlovesJT47

The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows | John Koenig

Today‘s word is kenopsia.

Kenopsia: the atmosphere of a place that is usually bustling with people but is now abandoned and quiet.

Abandoned amusement park —

Echoes of laughter
float lazily on the breeze:
ghosts of yesterday.

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #DOOS