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The Weird World of Words: A Guided Tour | Mitchell Symons

Such a fun word to say, but weird too 😂

#WeirdWordWednesday #WeirdWords

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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. 6d

CBee @CatLass007 I‘ve missed you too! It‘s been a rough start to the new year but it‘s starting to look up 🤞🏻 6d

BookmarkTavern Glad to see you back! And never played, but I have heard of it! 6d

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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. 6d

TheSpineView I played! That does bring back memories. 6d

CBee @BookmarkTavern thank you! I‘ve missed you guys. 6d

CBee @Cuilin tell me about Pass the Parcel! That‘s a new one. 6d

dabbe So glad to see you, m'dear! I've never played blind-man's bluff, but I have read about it. 🩶🖤🩶 6d

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. 🎁 5d

Cuilin @TheSpineView Musical Chairs, Blind Man‘s Bluff and Pass the Parcel bring back so many happy memories. 5d

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)⬇️ 5d

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. 5d

CatLass007 I guess the closest I‘ve ever come to playing blind-man‘s bluff is playing Pin the Tail on the Donkey. 5d

CBee @Cuilin that sounds like so much fun! I always loved musical chairs too. 5d

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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 😂 3w

dabbe @CBee 🤩😂🤗 3w

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). 3w

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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 🙄😂🤗 3w

Suet624 This qualifies as a descriptor of my current local weather. 3w

dabbe @Suet624 🩵❄️🩵 3w

CBee @CSeydel omg that‘s terrible! Shame on him 😡 3w

CSeydel @CBee He was truly horrible 3w

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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? 1mo

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 ♥️ 1mo

dabbe @CBee Another excellent one. Fun to pronounce and mispronounce, too! 😂 1mo

CBee @dabbe 😂😂😂 1mo

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CBee

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

I love color words! The bird is a flavescent bulbul, and the fish is a flavescent peacock (a type of cichlid). Apologies for not posting the past two weeks, friends! #weirdwords #weirdwordwednesday

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CatLass007 If I had seen this word before today, I would have thought it was a word that was a description of the way something tastes.😂 But now I know better. Good word!! Thanks for sharing. 1mo

TheSpineView Good one! ❤️ 1mo

TheBookHippie I love birds 🙂🙃 what a fun word! 1mo

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dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 1mo

BookmarkTavern Yellow is my favorite color! 💛💛 1mo

psalva This is a fun one! I haven‘t posted in forever because ever since an iPhone update my phone app is not functioning the same, but hopefully i can resolve it if i get some free time to look into it soon. Thanks for the continued tags! I always look forward to #weirdwords! 1mo

CBee @CatLass007 ha! I definitely didn‘t expect it to mean a shade of yellow 😂 1mo

CBee @TheBookHippie isn‘t this little guy cute? So yellow and poofy. 1mo

CBee @BookmarkTavern it‘s such a happy color 💛 1mo

CBee @psalva oh no! I‘m sorry to hear that. Have you reached out to Litsy help? 1mo

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dabbe

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

#weirdwordwednesday #weirdwords @CBee

I've been feeling a lot like this lately, especially since 11/5.

CBee Same, girl, same 🤯 2mo

Suet624 Who knew there was such a word. 2mo

Amiable @CBee @dabbe I can‘t decide if my feelings of dislocation and disassociation are a good/protective thing for my psyche or if it means this election has permanently broken me. Maybe both. 2mo

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dabbe @CBee 💙❄️💙 2mo

dabbe @Suet624 IKR? 💙❄️💙 2mo

dabbe @Amiable God, that's EXACTLY how I feel, too! Let's hope it's the first one. 💙❄️💙 2mo

Suet624 @Amiable I‘m sure that it broke me. I am not the same person. 2mo

dabbe @Suet624 Deep down, I believe you're right. I can't even summon the wherewithal to even look forward to 2025. All I do is tremble. 2mo

Amiable @Suet624 I used to be a daily news consumer. I read WaPo, NYT, the Atlantic, local news sites, etc. Since 11/6, I can't do it. My eyes skip over anything that at a glance appears political in nature. My brain has disengaged. Where I would once get inspired or irritated into action, I now find myself shrugging and saying, “oh well. That's what they voted for. Not my concern.“ Even though it most definitely is going to be my/our problem(s). 2mo

Suet624 @Amiable I‘m doing the same thing. 2mo

Suet624 @dabbe it‘s just a dangerous clown show coming up. It‘s the ticking time bomb. I tremble too. 2mo

dabbe @Suet624 @Amiable Same here. Matt and I do our NYT puzzles in the morning and when we skim the news, ANYTHING that has “He who shall not be named“ on a headline, is avoided like the plague. And my faith in the majority of the people in the US has gone kaput--draining right down the proverbial swamp. 2mo

BkClubCare @Suet624 @dabbe Trembling here, too. {{{hugs}}} 2mo

dabbe @BkClubCare ❣️❣️❣️ 2mo

CBee @Amiable @Suet624 @dabbe right there with all of you 🙁 2mo

dabbe @CBee Hugs. We need an emoji hug without a smile face because sometimes, well, we need it. 2mo

CBee @dabbe I agree! This one is weird but is supposed to be a 🫂 2mo

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BookmarkTavern

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

I just sent off the first of my packages for Christmas swaps and I am so excited for what‘s coming up. To see my packages get unwrapped, and hopefully enjoyed. Here‘s to the little joys we can create for ourselves. 💖

#WeirdWordWednesday #WeirdWords @CBee

CBee A perfect word for the season ♥️ 2mo

Daisey Great word choice! 2mo

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dabbe

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#weirdwords @CBee

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A fun, wintry word! ⛄️⛄️⛄️

CBee This word is FAB. I think I might use it as an exclamation - well, HOGAMADOG, it‘s cold 😂😂😂 2mo

dabbe @CBee I was thinking of saying it to my neighbor, who loves to cuddle my dogs: “Hey, don't hogaMYdog!“ 🤩😂🤗 2mo

CBee @dabbe omg 😂😂😂😂 2mo

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CBee

Mythos: A Retelling of the Myths of Ancient Greece | Stephen Fry

I consider myself semi knowledgeable in Greek mythology, but Stephen Fry is letting me know that there is still much more to learn! Bosporus and Oxford are basically the same word and get their origins from the story of Io (and Zeus being a cad, again). Plus I learned why the peacock is sacred to Hera! Enjoy 😊 #weirdwords #weirdwordwednesday
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Io_(mythology)

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TheSpineView 😎😎😎 2mo

Amiable I knew that “ford“ indicated water crossings -- where I live there are a number of towns near the shore that have it in their name (i.e. Guilford, Waterford, Milford, Stratford, etc.). I didn't know that Bosphorus was connected. Cool! 2mo

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CBee @Amiable very cool! I didn‘t even connect “ford” with a water crossing before 🤷‍♀️ 2mo

dabbe I have no clue about the meaning of oxford; thanks for sharing, #wordsmithextraordinaire! 💙❄️💙 2mo

BookmarkTavern How interesting! 2mo

TheBookHippie Facinating!!! 2mo

CBee @dabbe the more you know 😊 2mo

CatLass007 That‘s a lot of history for one word! Excellent!! 2mo

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