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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

Today‘s gray weather was perfect for staying inside, curled up with a book and the last of my brownie batch.

#WeirdWordWednesday #WeirdWords @CBee

CatLass007 Awesome! Weird words are so much fun!! 1d

TheBookHippie Love it! And it‘s accurate! 1d

AnnCrystal 🍫🌧️📚💝. 1d

CBee Perfect for our weather too ☁️ 1d

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CBee

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

It isn‘t musical instrument related and it isn‘t a fish 😂 I am always excited when I find new X words and especially words that don‘t mean what I think they mean 😃 #weirdwordwednesday #weirdwords

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dabbe #coolword 🩶💚🩶 2d

CBee @dabbe I wish it were a xylophone playing fish though 😂😂 2d

CatLass007 😂 2d

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dabbe @CBee Lordy, that would be the perfect word for that! 🤣🤣🤣 2d

Daisey A xylophone playing fish! 😂 🤣 2d

CBee @Daisey are you picturing it in your head? 😂😂😂 1d

CBee @dabbe right? Presenting, for your entertainment - Xavier the Xylocarp, playing the xylophone with his fins! 😂 1d

Kerrbearlib Very cool word! 1d

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BookmarkTavern

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

If you, like me, are having a rough time right now, *gestures vaguely at everything* I cannot recommend enough doing things together as a community.

A neighborhood clean up, volunteering at your local library, joining a new book club. Be with people. ❤️ Yes, even us introverts.

#WeirdWordWednesday #WeirdWords @CBee

Aims42 Joining a Bookclub has been of the best things for my weary soul. 10/10 would recommend 👍 1w

MaGoose Going to a Book Circle at the local branch of the county library over the past few months has been a life saver for sure. Met new people and met new books. ❤️💙💜 1w

AnishaInkspill what a wonderful word 1w

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CBee

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

Thanks to the #atreeaday daily readings, which I‘m quite behind on, I discovered another new word! This is very science-y, friends. But very cool! Here‘s a link if interested: https://www.thoughtco.com/cladogram-definition-and-examples-4778452
#weirdwordwednesday #weirdwords

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CBee @AllDebooks 😀 1w

TheBookHippie I am loving this book! Also behind 😂 1w

peanutnine Ooh this image is giving me college flashbacks 😂 1w

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BookmarkTavern That‘s so cool! 🧬 1w

CBee @TheBookHippie it‘s lovely! 1w

CBee @peanutnine I didn‘t get far enough in my college biology class to even know about these 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ 1w

dabbe Yes to this and the book! 🤩💚🤩 1w

kspenmoll I must be behind in this book too! Thanks for voc lesson!!!! 1w

peanutnine @CBee ugh I was an archaeology major and decided to take an anthropology/biology crossover class on evolution cause it sounded interesting. Worst class of my LIFE 1w

CBee @kspenmoll I‘m still in January! 1w

CBee @peanutnine oof. That sounds a bit painful 😳 1w

CatLass007 Interesting.🧐 1w

Deblovestoread Love this! 1w

Amiable Neat! 1w

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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! 2w

CBee Yes. Feeling it too 💔 2w

Ruthiella ❤️❤️❤️ 2w

BC_Dittemore So apt 2w

Bookwomble ❤️‍🩹 2w

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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 😂😂 3w

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. 😄 3w

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. 3w

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

BookmarkTavern What a fun word! ❤️ 3w

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

Dear Fang, With Love: A novel

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

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

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) 3w

Amiable @CBee I was reading

King: A Life

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

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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

Better late than never, friends! I‘ve been on a Bob Dylan kick lately and the term and lyrics (my favorites in the song) above are from one of my favorite songs of his: Visions of Johanna. Anyone ever play blind man‘s bluff as a kid? #weirdwordwednesday #weirdwords

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CatLass007 Wow! I‘ve missed you. Happy New Year! I don‘t think I ever played blind-man‘s bluff as a child. But I‘ve heard of it. 1mo

CBee @CatLass007 I‘ve missed you too! It‘s been a rough start to the new year but it‘s starting to look up 🤞🏻 1mo

BookmarkTavern Glad to see you back! And never played, but I have heard of it! 1mo

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Cuilin Yes. It was a staple child‘s birthday party game, along with Pass the Parcel in Ireland in the 70‘s. 1mo

TheSpineView I played! That does bring back memories. 1mo

CBee @BookmarkTavern thank you! I‘ve missed you guys. 1mo

CBee @Cuilin tell me about Pass the Parcel! That‘s a new one. 1mo

dabbe So glad to see you, m'dear! I've never played blind-man's bluff, but I have read about it. 🩶🖤🩶 1mo

Cuilin Pass the parcel, the host has a gift wrapped with many layers of paper. The game starts with everyone seated in a circle. Music is played, the gift is passed around. When the music stops whoever is holding the parcel unwraps a layer, this continues with the music starting and stopping and layers being removed until the last player to remove the last piece of paper gets to keep the gift. 🎁 1mo

Cuilin @TheSpineView Musical Chairs, Blind Man‘s Bluff and Pass the Parcel bring back so many happy memories. 1mo

CatLass007 @Cuilin That sounds interesting. I have been at holiday parties with other adults when a game of “Chinese” Christmas party is played. Everyone brings a gift, maybe gag gifts or maybe the same type of gifts, say mugs. This doesn‘t work well with large groups because it takes a while. Everyone puts their anonymous gifts on a table or under a tree. Each person is assigned a number or maybe it just goes around the circle. The first person (cont)⬇️ 1mo

CatLass007 chooses and opens a package. The next person has the option of taking the gift from the first person or choosing a wrapped gift. It‘s fun but occasionally can be frustrating. 1mo

CatLass007 I guess the closest I‘ve ever come to playing blind-man‘s bluff is playing Pin the Tail on the Donkey. 1mo

CBee @Cuilin that sounds like so much fun! I always loved musical chairs too. 1mo

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dabbe

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

#weirdwords
#weirdwordwednesday
@CBee

Came across this in A FATAL GRACE by Louise Penny. Definitely something we don't experience in Phoenix, AZ!

CBee Perfect! I‘m actually on #6 in the series! Still cold and icy 😂 1mo

dabbe @CBee 🤩😂🤗 1mo

CSeydel I once used this word in a history paper in high school. My teacher took points off because he didn‘t know what it meant. One of the worst teachers I have ever had (and not just because of that). 1mo

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dabbe @CSeydel Translation from teacher: How dare you profess to know a word that I don't? You must have made it up or looked it up in the dictionary! #oy 🙄😂🤗 1mo

Suet624 This qualifies as a descriptor of my current local weather. 1mo

dabbe @Suet624 🩵❄️🩵 1mo

CBee @CSeydel omg that‘s terrible! Shame on him 😡 1mo

CSeydel @CBee He was truly horrible 1mo

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dabbe

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

#weirdwordwednesday #weirdwords
@CBee

A little less morose than last week's word. Things must be looking up.

AmyG @dabbe Did you get Matt‘s book? 2mo

CBee Ooooo a good one. I thought about posting “fecund” today but for some reason thought I‘d already done that one at some point. Reading “Mythos” and Demeter is fecund in that she keeps things growing and fertile ♥️ 2mo

dabbe @CBee Another excellent one. Fun to pronounce and mispronounce, too! 😂 2mo

CBee @dabbe 😂😂😂 2mo

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Cuilin

Words, Words, Words: Teaching Vocabulary in Grades 4-12 | Janet Allen

#WeirdWordWednesday @CBee

Gift searching has me ramfeezled!!! My new favorite word.

MariaW 😂 2mo

peanutnine I love it 2mo

dabbe 🤩😂🤩 2mo

kspenmoll I love this word!!!! Perfect! 2mo

CBee Fantastic word 👏🏻👏🏻 2mo

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