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#WeirdWordWednesday #WeirdWords @CBee

AnnCrystal 👏🏼💝💝💝😉👍🏼. 2d

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CBee Good stuff ♥️♥️♥️ 2d

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dabbe

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

#weirdwordwednesday #weirdwords
@CBee

I admit to having been a #mrsgrundy sometimes in the classroom. 😖🤣😊

TheBookHippie 😂 2d

dabbe @TheBookHippie 🤣 2d

CBee Nice!! 2d

dabbe @CBee 😍 1d

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dabbe

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

#weirdwordwednesday #weirdwords
@CBee
#allusion
#onceinabluemoon

I may have to have this beer tonight! 🤣

Aims42 Don‘t forget the orange 🍊🍻 1w

dabbe @Aims42 Most definitely! 🧡🍊🧡 1w

CBee Love this!!! 1w

dabbe @CBee I'm having too much fun with these! 1w

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CBee

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

Stumbled upon this word in my last read - The Devil and Mrs. Davenport (great book). I didn‘t know there was a specific word for speaking in tongues, but I mean, apparently there is a word for everything 😂🙌🏻 #weirdwords #weirdwordwednesday

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Deblovestoread Oooo, I like that word! Thanks for the tag! 1w

CatLass007 I think I‘ve heard this one before. Maybe on an episode of House? Still, great to have all the extra info. 1w

dabbe Such a pretty word when said out loud! 🩵💚💙 1w

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BookmarkTavern Oh wow! I hadn‘t heard of this before! 1w

peanutnine Oh I like the sound of this one! 1w

TheSpineView Oh yes! 1w

CBee @CatLass007 House! Love that show. 1w

Amiable What a neat word! 1w

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vivastory

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My #weirdwords selection is courtesy of the Nov election & the ensuing economic decisions. I came across my selection on History Today:
For a phrase to express unfortunate circumstances that seem impossible to overcome (‘we‘re fucked‘), the Historical Thesaurus of English tells us that they would have proclaimed themselves to be ‘in hot water‘ (first use 1537), ‘in a pickle‘ (1562), ‘in straits‘ (1565) or, in the most extreme predicament, (CONT)

vivastory at one‘s ‘utter shift‘ (c.1604). To ‘fuck up‘ or spoil something, they‘d have used ‘to bodge‘ or ‘to botch‘. To say something was codswallop, baloney, bollocks, they‘d have gone with trumpery, baggage, rubbish or the wonderful reduplicating terms that appear in the 1570s and 80s: flim-flam, fiddle-faddle, or fible-fable.
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CBee Nice! Did you get a package from me? 😁 @vivastory 2w

Texreader Love this word!! 2w

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vivastory @CBee I haven't checked my mail this week. But I will tomorrow, I'm excited 💙 2w

vivastory @Texreader It's a great word 2w

Mimi28 This is awesome 😎 I don‘t like to curse so I am always looking for substitutions. The one I like to use lately is g-dern Callywag lol 2w

vivastory @Mimi28 Lolol 2w

CBee @vivastory cool 😊 2w

Mimi28 Oooopppsss!!! Couldn‘t find callywag in the dictionary lol 😝 2w

TheBookHippie Love it. Oy vey. 2w

dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 2w

TrishB We‘d still say this now 😁 2w

CarolynM Used not infrequently here too @TrishB 😄 2w

TrishB @CarolynM it‘s great word 😁 2w

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Deblovestoread

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I rarely cussed until around 2019. Maybe because I turned 60, or because the end of that year was horrible and then 2020 came along with its own set of things 🤷🏻‍♀️. And to be honest I still don‘t cuss a whole lot but a well placed 💩, f*ck, damn does wonders. Nice to have a word to justify my profane word usage. 😂

#WeirdWords

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marleed Well, I was a civilian working for the DoD my whole career so I‘m proficient in profanity. Growing up we never would have considered a curse word in conversation with my dad (single parent). The benefit is that I am able to judge a room and deliver my f-bombs to a receptive audience. But there are times when there is nothing like a well placed f*ck to relieve stress🤣 2w

Daisey What a fun word! 2w

TheSpineView Love this word! 2w

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CBee Great word! I agree - I don‘t cuss a lot but when I do it‘s usually warranted and cathartic! 2w

ShelleyBooksie This is a fantastic word! I tend to only cuss while driving and it 100% matches the definition - hehe 2w

Bklover It must be an age thing! I‘ve cursed a LOT more since I turned 60. Great word!! 2w

Prairiegirl_reading I‘ve always been kind of a sailor when it comes to swearing. It is good for the soul. When I met my husband he said “I never thought I‘d meet a girl who swears as much as I do.” 🤣🤣 2w

Aims42 I‘m also not a huge swear-er but I do enjoy weaving a tapestry of curses from time to time 😂 It is very cathartic 😌🤗 2w

Sparklemn I mutter “For f*ck‘s sake” to myself a lot. A LOT! 😆 2w

mrp27 I never used profane language much until I moved to and lived in New York. Now the f word is one of my most used words. It is the best stress relief. Obviously I check the room before I let my profanity fly. 😂 2w

TheLudicReader I love a well placed F bomb, I have to say! Plus, I read somewhere that people who swear are more intelligent…so, yeah, let‘s say that‘s actually true! 😂 2w

Reggie This has come into play at work this week. A lot. Lol 2w

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dabbe

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#weirdwordwednesday #weirdwords @CBee
#allusions #pearlsbeforeswine

TheSpineView 🤩🤩🤩 2w

dabbe @TheSpineView I love learning allusions! They are everywhere! 🤩🤣😍 2w

CBee Love the “Pearls for Dummies” picture 😂😂 2w

dabbe @CBee They have a book for everything, right? 🤣 2w

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vivastory

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Flibbertigibbet: a silly, chatty person.
My employer has recently strongly encouraged the workers to return to the office more. I have feelings about this.
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CBee Oof. I‘m assuming the person “encouraging” you personifies this word? I wonder if the getting back to working in person has anything to do with the insane Cheeto? 3w

Prairiegirl_reading I get this. I‘m still doing a 60/40 hybrid thing. I get nothing done while at the office because people are constantly talking. 3w

Aims42 @CBee “the insane Cheeto” 🤣🤣🤣 If I read that while sipping my coffee, I would‘ve spit it out LOL 3w

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Aims42 @Prairiegirl_reading Same here! I dread my in-office days so much for this exact reason 🙄 3w

TieDyeDude https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM9Wuzj4k24 😋 3w

vivastory @Prairiegirl_reading It's so distracting. Sometimes I have to go into a private meeting room just to get work done 3w

vivastory @TieDyeDude That gave me a needed laugh. Thanks! 3w

vivastory @CBee It's very peopley 😬 3w

rwmg How do you find a word that means Maria?
A flibbertigibbet
A will-o'-the-wisp
A clown 3w

CBee @Aims42 😂😂 I‘m glad you weren‘t drinking coffee at that moment 😃 3w

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