Litsy

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

I came across this one today. It comes from 'elegy'. Another definition calls it wistfully mournful, which I liked
The book I read it in was describing a poem in which "she sees the woman she‘s in love with sitting next to a man, and admires his composure. Because she knows if she were the one sitting next to the woman, she would be at a loss for words."
I've been reading a lot more poetry this month so I appreciate this new word

peanutnine #WeirdWordWednesday @CBee #aprilpoetrychallenge @wanderinglynn 6d

peanutnine I believe the poem described was Catullus 51 for anyone interested https://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Latin/Catullus.php#... 6d

CBee Lovely 🥰 6d

wanderinglynn What a great word! 5d

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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 🍊🍻 6d

dabbe @Aims42 Most definitely! 🧡🍊🧡 6d

CBee Love this!!! 6d

dabbe @CBee I'm having too much fun with these! 6d

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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! 6d

CatLass007 I think I‘ve heard this one before. Maybe on an episode of House? Still, great to have all the extra info. 6d

dabbe Such a pretty word when said out loud! 🩵💚💙 6d

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BookmarkTavern Oh wow! I hadn‘t heard of this before! 6d

peanutnine Oh I like the sound of this one! 6d

TheSpineView Oh yes! 6d

CBee @CatLass007 House! Love that show. 6d

Amiable What a neat word! 6d

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TheSpineView

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

#WeirdWordWednesday @CBee

Who knew!?! 😆🗡

CBee I had no idea! 6d

TheSpineView @CBee 👍 6d

Cupcake12 I like the sound of this word 6d

TheSpineView @Cupcake12 🌞 6d

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Leftcoastzen

Waterstone's guide to books | Waterstone & Company

From April 4th edition of Shelf Awareness. 😡

TheBookHippie Yup😵‍💫 1w

AnnCrystal 🥺 while I support local for eco reasons, I know that this all is going to be very difficult...and frustrating... (edited) 1w

LeahBergen I saw that Blackwells had the same sort of problem with US shipping, too. 😞 1w

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TheSpineView

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

#WeirdWordWednesday @CBee

Another exciting word!

dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 2w

TheSpineView @dabbe 🌞🌞🌞 2w

TheBookHippie I like it!!! 2w

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TheSpineView @TheBookHippie 👍 2w

CBee Thank you for posting! The day got away from me 🤪 2w

TheSpineView @CBee My pleasure! Love all these new words!! 2w

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AsYouWish

Wicked Words: A Treasury of Curses, Insults, Put-downs, and Other Formerly Unprintable Terms from Anglo-Saxon Times to the Present | Hugh Rawson

Congrats everyone who finished all the words in March or any words because you got books off your TBRs!

If you did not see my previous post, March‘s Movie was Red Eye

2025 Theme: my favorite movies!

Now who is ready to figure out April‘s #WickedWords Movie?
- Gambling
- Singer
- Fish
- Portuguese
- Massachusetts

Feel free to guess, I will reveal at the end of the month!