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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

#weirdwordwednesday #onathursday #weirdwords
A day late, but here we go! 😊

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TheSpineView Great word! 🤩 3d

CatLass007 Love it! 3d

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dabbe Makes me wish that POLYGLUT existed ... as in someone who eats too many things at one sitting! 😍🤣😍 2d

BookmarkTavern Such a fun word to say! 2d

CBee @dabbe I thought something similar 😂😂 2d

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BookmarkTavern

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

A Ghanaian concept, the word is expanded into the proverb “se wo were fi na wosankofa a yenkyi.”

Sankofa is the understanding that only by knowing your (personal, cultural, national) history can you know your current self, and know how to become better.

The concept feels particularly relevant right now.

#WeirdWordWednesday #WeirdWords

CBee

shortsarahrose I‘ve heard this used in meditation practices before. Like you pick something you want to get out of your practice as a sankofa, say it a few times, and then let it go. 1w

CBee I always love the words you post! 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! 1mo

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

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

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

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

TheSpineView Oh yes! 1mo

CBee @CatLass007 House! Love that show. 1mo

Amiable What a neat word! 1mo

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CBee

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

Nope, it‘s not a type of multivitamin 😂 Just a super cool musical instrument that is apparently quite hard to master. Links: https://youtu.be/-QgTF8p-284?si=yBQCF2IBXR-Z3Tq6
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theremin #weirdwordwednesday #weirdwords

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CatLass007 Cool! 1mo

BookmarkTavern I had a friend in high school who learned how to play this! 1mo

peanutnine Oh my goodness that is very cool 1mo

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TheSpineView Neat! Thanks for the tag!💛🏷 1mo

Deblovestoread Makes me think of a Big Bang episode. That‘s where I learned about them. 😀 1mo

Bookwomble One of my favourite bands, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion use a theremin on their earlier albums. And the mighty Portishead have been known to dabble! 1mo

AlaMich A theremin also featured in Severance in this last season. The actor learned to play for the role 1mo

dabbe How effin cool is this? 🤩🎶🤩 1mo

CBee @Bookwomble oh, I love Portishead. A theramin has such an eerie sound and them using it makes perfect sense 👏🏻 1mo

CBee @AlaMich I read about that! I haven‘t watched Severance but all I hear are good things! 1mo

CBee @BookmarkTavern wow! How‘d that go? I‘m very musical but it looks so daunting! 1mo

BookmarkTavern She loved it! It was a challenge and that‘s what drew her to it! 1mo

Amiable @Deblovestoread Ha ha, me too! I saw this and immediately thought of Sheldon Cooper. 😄 1mo

CBee @BookmarkTavern incredible 👏🏻👏🏻 1mo

Daisey @Amiable @Deblovestoread I thought the same thing when I saw it! 😆 1mo

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CBee

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

FRIENDS!! Posting late but I didn‘t want anyone to miss out on the absolute cuteness that is the pygmy marmoset! Sometimes I veer off course with the “weird” part, because cute animals 😂 Here‘s an article about them: https://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/pygmy-marmoset #weirdwords #weirdwordwednesday

CBee @dabbe @CatLass007 @Daisey @peanutnine @Megabooks @Deblovestoread @TheSpineView @psalva @vivastory @lil1inblue @Kerrbearlib @slategreyskies @Amiable @TheBookHippie @Cuilin @mandarchy @IndoorDame 2mo

CatLass007 Cuuute! 2mo

Susanita Oh my goodness!! 2mo

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AmyG I love all monkeys! 🐒 2mo

ncsufoxes My 15 year old is obsessed with the golden lion tamarins (he‘s obsessed with all types of monkeys). We saw them last summer at the zoo in Rhode Island. He still talks about them. We live close to the zoo in DC & just found out they have emperor ones (they have a long mustache). We used to live in San Diego & were frequent visitors of the zoo but I don‘t remember the marmosets. (edited) 2mo

MemoirsForMe ❤️🐒❤️🐒❤️🐒 2mo

Leftcoastzen So cute! 2mo

TheSpineView Adorable 2mo

CBee @ncsufoxes I love them too! We have cotton-top tamarins at our local zoo. They look like what Einstein would look like if he were a monkey I think 😂 2mo

AnnCrystal 😍💝. 2mo

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ChrisBohjalian

Gobsmacked!: The British Invasion of American English | Ben Yagoda

I love any book that teaches me a new word such as "shitgibbin."

julieclair This book sounds like so much fun! Stacking. 2mo

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ChrisBohjalian

Gobsmacked!: The British Invasion of American English | Ben Yagoda

Bedtime reading: a gift from friends so, for a change, I actually know what I‘m talking about.

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 2mo

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BookmarkTavern

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

It has been a rough few weeks at home, and I am feeling this word pretty hard right now. But I know I can come here and find small pieces of joy. ❤️

#WeirdWordWednesday @CBee #WeirdWords

Amiable I have loved this word since learning it in high school German class 40 years ago! 3mo

CBee Yes. Feeling it too 💔 3mo

Ruthiella ❤️❤️❤️ 3mo

BC_Dittemore So apt 3mo

Bookwomble ❤️‍🩹 3mo

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CBee

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

I just really want this word to have something to do with cats 🐱😂 #weirdwordwednesday #weirdwords

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Suet624 😂😂 3mo

Amiable Holy cow, I literally noticed this word in a book about an hour ago! It's like you were looking over my shoulder. In my bedroom. While I was reading in bed. Which would totally be weird. 😄 3mo

CatLass007 Everything is always related to cats. The world revolves around cats. So of course even if the definition doesn‘t mention cats, it‘s still about cats.🐱 @Amiable That‘s serendipitous! And weird. 3mo

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dabbe Cats are so special, they are part of their own concatenation. 🤩🖤🐾🖤🤩 3mo

BookmarkTavern What a fun word! ❤️ 3mo

CBee @Amiable what, you didn‘t notice me there? 😂😂😂 I read it in a book too

Dear Fang, With Love: A novel

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CBee @CatLass007 I knew you would appreciate that this word should be about cats. And probably is. Because cats 😊 3mo

CBee @dabbe ooooo I see what ya did there. And I like it 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 3mo

CBee @BookmarkTavern right? There was also another cool word I considered using but it was a type of really creepy looking fish. I went with the non creepy one obviously 😂😂 (edited) 3mo

Amiable @CBee I was reading

King: A Life

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CBee @Amiable I‘d like to read/listen to that one! 3mo

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