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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

I‘ve been spending the day working on a new novel idea, and it‘s my first time writing without any kind of outline.

It is both terrifying and exhilarating. 😂

#WeirdWordWednesday #WeirdWords @CBee

Ruthiella Good luck! 🍀 6d

julesG It does sound more eloquent than 'pantser' 😉 6d

AnnCrystal It's Exhilarating! 👏🏼😉👌🏼 You got this 📝💝.. 6d

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CBee How exciting!! You can do it 🙌🏻 6d

CatLass007 Awesome! I didn‘t know you are a novelist. Have you written anything in which I might be interested? You have to remember that I‘m interested in reading every genre. Also, I agree with @julesG, it does sound more eloquent than “pantster.” Thanks for the tag! 6d

BookmarkTavern @CatLass007 This one‘s a cozy mystery! And nothing published as of yet! But I‘m hoping to have something by the end of the year to start querying. We‘ll see how that goes! 🤞🏻 6d

CatLass007 Excellent! I love cozies. Does it have a theme? Cats, dogs, book club, baking, crafting, etc.? Or do you know yet? 6d

BookmarkTavern @CatLass007 my amateur sleuth has inherited an old train diner car and is restoring it as an old fashioned diner! 6d

CatLass007 Cool!! I definitely would patronize the diner. (edited) 6d

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CBee

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

My #weirdwordwednesday pick! I remember discovering this word during a word game - maybe Words With Friends or similar - and always thought it was a bit silly sounding. This little googol mascot guy should have googly eyes, I think 😂 #weirdwords

CBee @Megabooks @Daisey @TheBookHippie @Amiable @vivastory @Catlass007 @mandarchy @dabbe @IndoorDame @peanutnine @psalva @slategreyskies @Lil1inblue @Deblovestoread @TheSpineView @BookmarkTavern @Cuilin @Kerrbearlib (edited) 7d

CatLass007 Another great word! I was listening to Death Comes To Pemberley and decided to look up a word instead of just figuring out what it meant from its context. I actually should have stuck to my habit with this particular word because it was very difficult to find a real definition or even a picture. What on earth did the word jives mean in 1803? 7d

BookmarkTavern I heard the word googolplex (10 raised to the power of a googol) first when I was in school, and that‘s how I learned about googol. 😄 7d

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CBee @CatLass007 jives? In 1803? Hmm. I have no idea 😂😂 7d

CBee @BookmarkTavern I should have included googolplex! 7d

CatLass007 I‘ve heard of gewgaws but not googols. “Jives around the prisoner‘s wrists,” was the quote in the book. Shackles. 7d

CBee @CatLass007 gotcha. What are gewgaws? 6d

CatLass007 Gewgaws are what I would call “thingies.” I‘ve never actually looked up the definition. As usual. 6d

CBee @CatLass007 I looked it up 😂 Couldn‘t resist. “Gewgaws:
a showy thing, especially one that is useless or worthless.” 6d

CatLass007 Okay, so I was wrong. Thingies are useful. 6d

CBee @CatLass007 I agree! Thingies are very useful, especially when you don‘t know what something is called. “That thingie over there” and such 😂 6d

CatLass007 Exactly!! 6d

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BookmarkTavern

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

Sometimes, you just gotta buckle down and do the work. 💙

#WeirdWordWednesday #WeirdWords @CBee

CBee Oof. But the work can be so hard 😬🫩 2w

BookmarkTavern @CBee Yes, but the results are so very often worth it! 💕 2w

CBee @BookmarkTavern this is true ♥️ 2w

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CBee

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

This word came up in my last read (Saltwater 🙌🏻🙌🏻). It would be so fun to ride one of these! 😊
Here‘s an article about some well-known funiculars around the world: https://www.treehugger.com/fabulous-funiculars-from-around-the-globe-4863745

RaeLovesToRead I've been on funiculars! There was a small one in Scarborough. The biggest I've been on (I think) was Lake Como. Do you have them in the US? 2w

RaeLovesToRead Ok the ones in the article are enormous! I've not been on one that big!!!!! 2w

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CBee @RaeLovesToRead we do! Not sure how many, but there‘s one a couple hours from me that I might have to check out! 2w

TheBookHippie I‘ve been on a few and I‘ve been on the Lookout Mountain one, seen the LA one. There‘s one at our zoo it‘s a riot ! 2w

peanutnine A funicular was mentioned in my last read as well! What are the odds! These seem so cool, I want to ride one! 2w

ImperfectCJ The article missed this one, which is the one that taught me the word. (Until then, I just called them all trams, which is clearly wrong.): https://www.quebec-cite.com/en/businesses/funiculaire-du-vieux-quebec 2w

Bookwormjillk I rode one in Pittsburgh. Kind of fun and scary at the same time. 2w

CBee @TheBookHippie if you ever ever ever get back down to Chattanooga, you better let me know. I‘m like two hours from there! 2w

CBee @peanutnine small world! I sort of thought it sounded like a body part - like part of the spine or something 😆 2w

CBee @ImperfectCJ oooo how cool! 2w

CBee @Bookwormjillk I want to visit the one on Lookout Mountain now. 2w

Bookwormjillk @CBee I bet that's pretty! 2w

CBee @Bookwormjillk it‘s lovely up there! 2w

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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

#weirdwords #weirdwordWednesday

from the book:
Barbara Newhall Follett
(A Life In Letters)

CBee

CBee Thanks for sharing 😊 3w

tpixie @CBee 🪻🪻🪻 3w

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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

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

CBee @slategreyskies @Lil1inblue @Deblovestoread @TheSpineView @BookmarkTavern @Cuilin @Kerrbearlib @Megabooks @Daisey @Amiable @CatLass007 @TheBookHippie @IndoorDame @vivastory @mandarchy @dabbe @peanutnine @psalva 4w

TheSpineView Great word! 🤩 4w

CatLass007 Love it! 4w

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dabbe Makes me wish that POLYGLUT existed ... as in someone who eats too many things at one sitting! 😍🤣😍 4w

BookmarkTavern Such a fun word to say! 4w

CBee @dabbe I thought something similar 😂😂 4w

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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. 1mo

CBee I always love the words you post! 1mo

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CBee

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

This isn‘t the meaning I expected when looking up this word (stumbled upon recently when reading the AMAZING All the Sinners Bleed). But it‘s cool nonetheless! #weirdwordwednesday #weirdwords

BookmarkTavern, Megabooks, Daisey, Cuilin, TheBookHippie, Amiable, Deblovestoread, vivastory, slategreyskies, Kerrbearlib, CatLass007, mandarchy, TheSpineView, dabbe, IndoorDame, lil1inblue, peanutnine, psalva

TheSpineView 😎😎😎 1mo

peanutnine I was expecting something to do with birds! TIL 😅 1mo

Deblovestoread I love this word! Great choice. 1mo

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CatLass007 This is a great word! I‘ve read it before so I knew what it meant in the context of the words around it. I‘m too lazy to look it up in a dictionary though. Thanks for sharing this amazing word, you amazing woman! 1mo

BookmarkTavern What a timely word! 😂 1mo

dabbe You always pick the best ones to say out loud! And extremely prescient as well. 😍 1mo

CBee @BookmarkTavern I thought the exact same thing 😂🤦‍♀️ 1mo

CBee @peanutnine I can see that! 😂 1mo

CBee @dabbe thank you! 😊 1mo

CBee @CatLass007 you‘re very welcome, fellow amazing woman 😊 1mo

CatLass007 I just did something that I said I don‘t do because of laziness. I looked up the definition of the word “febrile.” It was just used in the book Conclave describing a “new and febrile mood.” It can mean either feverish or nervous excitement or energy. From the context, I believe it is intended to mean nervous excitement or energy. You have inspired me to start looking up the definitions of words! 1mo

CBee @CatLass007 I know that word from my nursing school days. I‘m glad I inspired you to look it up 😊👏🏻 1mo

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BookmarkTavern

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

My lilacs are blooming, my hydrangeas are up. And the roses are budding! I am so ready for spring.

This word also has a chemistry related definition, used to describe the process of a substance loosing moisture and turning into a fine powder, but I like the first one better.

#WeirdWordWednesday #WeirdWords

CBee

CBee I like the first one better, too. Because flowers ♥️ 1mo

Read-n-Bloom Awwwww 😫 I missed Weird Word Wednesday! Dadnabit! 😂 1mo

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