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The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows | John Koenig

#WeirdWordWednesday #WeirdWords

I had this word in mind so many times while I was in England on my vacation. So many people, so many different lives going on around me. ❤️

CBee

Karisa 💗 2w

lil1inblue 💓 💓 💓 1w

CBee Lovely 💚 and good to remember when you‘re feeling alone! 1w

dabbe 🩶🤍🖤 1w

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Daisey

Moonleapers | Margaret Peterson Haddix

Today‘s weird word post has to do with me learning about the origin of the name Bluetooth while reading this ARC of a soon to be published #MiddleGrade book. Bluetooth was named for Harald “Bluetooth” Gormsson, a Danish king remembered for uniting tribes in Denmark & Norway.

🔗: https://www.bluetooth.com/about-us/bluetooth-origin/

#WeirdWords #WeirdWordWednesday

CBee

CBee Whoa! Very cool 👏🏻 4w

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dabbe

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#weirdwordwednesday
#weirdwords
#allusions
@CBee

I wish our country could have a deus ex machina moment where we would be miraculously whisked out of this hell we are currently in and placed in an eden-like paradise. 🧞‍♂️

lil1inblue 💓 💓 💓 💓 💓 4w

AnnCrystal 💝💝💝. 4w

dabbe @lil1inblue @AnnCrystal 🧡🤎💛 4w

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CBee I‘ll take it! And thanks for posting, as I forgot 🤪 #scrambledbrain 4w

dabbe @CBee I adore your #scrambledbrain 💛🤎🧡 4w

CBee @dabbe golly 💚💚💚 thank you lovely friend!!! 4w

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Daisey

Skies of Blur: Poems | Elijah Burrell

chyron: (noun) an electronically generated caption superimposed on a television or cinema screen

#WeirdWords #WeirdWordWednesday

CBee

CBee Oh! I wonder if it‘s Greek in origin. It sounds similar to the centaur Chiron and the ferryman Charon 🤔 1mo

Daisey @CBee It actually lists the origin as a company that created it on the dictionary entry. 1mo

CBee @Daisey right, I saw that. Just wondered if the word has a further origin besides the corporation name 🤷‍♀️ 1mo

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BookmarkTavern

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? 1mo

BookmarkTavern @CBee Wigan, England! I was doing some family history stuff in nearby Abram! 1mo

CBee @BookmarkTavern oh how cool! 1mo

AnnCrystal 👏🏼🤩🚃🎨💝. 1mo

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 👴🏻) 4w

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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 1mo

CBee @Megabooks @Daisey @TheBookHippie @Amiable @vivastory @Catlass007 @mandarchy @dabbe @IndoorDame @peanutnine @psalva @sace @slategreyskies @Lil1inblue @Deblovestoread @BookmarkTavern @Cuilin @Kerrbearlib @jen_the_scribe 1mo

Amiable OMG, it‘s like he (she? It ?) is reaching out for a hug! 😍 1mo

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TheBookHippie Omg so CUTE!!!!! 1mo

CBee @Amiable a very prickly hug 😂 1mo

CBee @TheBookHippie the babies are all bald and funny looking but so CUTE! 1mo

peanutnine Omg the PUGGLES!!! They're so freaking adorable! Their snouts! And cute little tongues!! Best Wednesday morning google 1mo

CBee @peanutnine yayyyy 💚💚💚👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 1mo

Tamra Adorbs! 1mo

5feet.of.fury So cute and weird ! 1mo

dabbe The adorableness I needed today. 💙🩵💙 1mo

CatLass007 Thank you once again for brightening up my Wednesday! I want one!😮💜 1mo

CBee @CatLass007 yay! You‘re welcome ☺️ 1mo

Kerrbearlib Adorable! 1mo

LeeRHarry They are very cute - lucky to have seen them out in the wild, just lumbering around! 😊 1mo

CBee @LeeRHarry so lucky! I‘m very jealous 💚 1mo

BookmarkTavern So cute! I want to put one in my pocket! 1mo

AnnCrystal 🤩 Thank You for this share! 👏🏼😍 Too Cute 💝💝💝. 1mo

Deblovestoread Adorable! ❤️ 1mo

mandarchy I am a little late to the party as usual. Thank you for something to reach out to from the dumpster fire 😅 4w

CBee @mandarchy dumpster fire indeed 🤦‍♀️ You‘re welcome 💚 4w

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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 2mo

TheBookHippie 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙 2mo

dabbe I want a golem as a protector! Mine would probably turn into a destructive one, though ... like Gollum in LOTR. 🩵💙🩵 2mo

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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! 2mo

lil1inblue @dabbe #ditto 🩵🤣 2mo

JenniferEgnor There is a great movie about this. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8329290/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk 2mo

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

The Golem and the Jinni

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CBee @dabbe hahaha mine probably would too. I‘d rather some Heinzelmännchen: https://germangirlinamerica.com/heinzelmannchen-the-elves-of-cologne/ 2mo

CBee @AlaMich I‘ve heard that‘s a good one! 2mo

CBee @JenniferEgnor one that wreaks havoc, I see 🫣🫣 2mo

CBee @CatLass007 cool! 2mo

dabbe @CBee @CBee Oh, yes please! How adorable! 🩵💙🩵 2mo

CatLass007 There was an episode of the X-Files that featured a golem. But when Dana Scully was narrating, she called it a gollum. 2mo

AnnCrystal 🆒☺️👍🏼💝. 2mo

StaceGhost I just saw a really cool seminar about golems in folklore! Love all the new books with golems coming out 1mo

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 😂🤓 1mo

CBee @StaceGhost that sounds awesome! 1mo

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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 👏🏼🥳💝. 2mo

CBee Happy almost vacation!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 2mo

thebacklistbook Ooh! Enjoy your trip. Eat something British and check out lots of bookshops. 2mo

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Blueberry ❤️, an important word 2mo

Sace Enjoy your vacation! 2mo

BookBr So many great bookshop opportunities! 😍 2mo

dabbe Have a fabulous time! 🤩 2mo

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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. 2mo

Deblovestoread Love this! Aspens are my favorite, their leaves make the best music in the wind. 2mo

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Amiable This photo is gorgeous, too! 😍 2mo

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. 2mo

BookmarkTavern Oh wow! That‘s so cool! 2mo

lil1inblue @SamAnne How cool! That sounds absolutely breathtaking! 2mo

lil1inblue I love this! 😍 2mo

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. 🩵💙🩵 2mo

CBee @Deblovestoread we don‘t have them here - wrong kind of climate 😅 2mo

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. 2mo

CBee @dabbe sounds lovely! 2mo

dabbe @SamAnne 😱😳😤 2mo

SamAnne @CBee aw thank you. I‘ve missed the friendly lovely crew here. 2mo

CBee @SamAnne we‘ve missed you! Hope you‘ve been okay ♥️ 2mo

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. 2mo

CBee @CatLass007 weird and not often used words is the goal ♥️ I‘ll keep sharing! 2mo

Sace Fascinating! 2mo

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! 2mo

CBee @Daisey 😊😊 2mo

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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 ♥️♥️ 2mo

EvyBea Me after I read my new favorite book and cant stop thinking abt it 2mo

Daisey Lovely word! 2mo

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