weirdwordswednesday

#WeirdWordsWednesday @CBee

I know this is a beautiful word, but I laughed when I saw it because when you learn Irish, one of the first things you learn is I am hungry, sad, tired etc Ta mé tuirseach. I just think it‘s funny that I was telling the world I had a soul deep fatigue at the age of five!! Maybe that‘s why the Irish are known for their melancholy. Lol

Chrissyreadit this is me!!!! 3w

Cuilin @Chrissyreadit 💜 I love how this word sounds tear-sha 3w

Chrissyreadit I love that also!!! I love Irish Gaelic- i bought some pimsleur classes to try and learn it but it‘s still on my back burner. Do you speak Irish? 3w

See All 12 Comments

lil1inblue Well, today's weird words all seem to sum me up perfectly. 😂 3w

dabbe I feel this one in me bones. 🧡💜💛 3w

Cuilin @Chrissyreadit Not as good anymore since I don‘t use it. I use some apps to keep it. I‘m helping beta test Sionnach. 3w

CBee I love this! I‘m mostly English with some Scottish and Irish so, my whole family is a melancholy lot 😂 3w

Cuilin @lil1inblue 😆 3w

Cuilin @dabbe yep, daily! 3w

Amiable This makes me think of the German word “weltschmertz” —literally, “world-pain" or "world-weariness.” It describes the existential sadness or melancholy you feel about the state of the world and its inability to meet your idealized expectations. I love that other languages can sum up such heavy emotions in a single word! 3w

Cuilin @CBee 😢😆 3w

Cuilin @Amiable Yes. A few letters for a lot of feelings. 3w

38 likes12 comments

CBee

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

I know I‘ve done an interesting color words post before, but I just LOVE unique words for colors. Here are a few, and here‘s an article to read: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/59328/19-colors-youve-probably-never-heard
Who knew “puke” and “xanadu” were colors? #weirdwords #weirdwordswednesday

CBee @Megabooks @Daisey @TheBookHippie @Amiable @vivastory @Catlass007 @mandarchy @dabbe @IndoorDame @peanutnine @psalva @slategreyskies @Lil1inblue @Deblovestoread @TheSpineView @BookmarkTavern @Cuilin @Kerrbearlib (edited) 4mo

BookmarkTavern Xanadu is a color?!?!?!? 4mo

BookmarkTavern Oh that‘s really pretty! 💚 4mo

See All 13 Comments

CBee @BookmarkTavern I‘m still laughing at “drunk tank pink” 😂😂 4mo

Megabooks My dad always liked the word chartreuse for colors! 4mo

BookmarkTavern Xanadu is used as a training address in the post office, so I‘m going to be giggling about it for a while. 😂 4mo

CBee @BookmarkTavern omg that‘s awesome 😂😂👏🏻👏🏻 4mo

CBee @Megabooks I love that one too! 4mo

Butterfinger I have had a Cyan and a Magenta as students' names and thought that was some pretty cool parents. They have both graduated. 4mo

CBee @Butterfinger oh definitely! I love that ♥️ 4mo

AnnCrystal 🤩🥀💝. 4mo

peanutnine I love fun color names!! I always wanted to name crayons growing up 😂 4mo

CBee @peanutnine same! I still do! 😂 4mo

49 likes13 comments

CatLass007

More Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean, Danny Shanahan

#WeirdWordsWednesday

CBee

CBee Very cool! 1y

36 likes1 comment

CBee

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

I love Gaelic. And I‘d love to be part of a cèilidh - just the music would be worth it ♥️♥️ #weirdwords #weirdwordswednesday

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

IndoorDame Gaelic is always so lyrical, I love it 💜 1y

Kitta We go to the St Andrew‘s day Ceilidh every year in Toronto! It‘s so fun. 1y

CBee @Kitta sounds amazing 🤩 1y

See All 10 Comments

TheSpineView Sounds like fun! 🤩👍🌞 1y

Deblovestoread Love this! 1y

Amiable I love Gaelic words! Even though I can never remember how to spell them. 😄 1y

PathfinderNicole My son‘s strings school did a ceilidh fundraiser this last spring! 1y

dabbe 🩶🧡🩶 1y

CatLass007 Celtic Woman performs a song about a ceilidh. Love this word! 1y

CBee @PathfinderNicole that‘s so cool! 1y

51 likes10 comments

psalva

Alfred Hitchcock's Monster Museum | Alfred Hitchcock

Here‘s one for #weirdwordsWednesday. This comes from “The King of the Cats,” by Stephen Vincent Benet.
Pizen-sure… here‘s the thing about this one. I can‘t find it online written like this. It must be an alternate spelling of poison-sure, but there‘s not much about that either. I guess the meaning can be inferred, but it‘s an interesting expression. It gives me saloon in a western vibes. Has anyone seen this written elsewhere?
@CBee

CBee I‘ve never seen it before - super interesting!! 1y

14 likes1 comment

IndoorDame

Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver | Mary Oliver

#weirdwords #weirdwordswednesday @CBee

Is anyone else excited anytime they read another description for the wind besides whispering which is so painfully overused it‘s almost its own cliche?

Jari-chan In my region of Switzerland we use this word quite often 😄 1y

IndoorDame @Jari-chan love that language is regional like that even when you‘re all speaking the same language and the same dialect! 1y

CBee A great word 😊 1y

dabbe You mean you don't like “the wind whispered wistfully through the trees?“ 😂😂😂 1y

IndoorDame @dabbe I know, I‘m a terrible person 😂😂😂😂 1y

37 likes5 comments

CatLass007

More Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean, Danny Shanahan

#WeirdWordsWednesday This picture is the cover of a book I haven‘t read. It‘s actually the second book in a trilogy that I haven‘t read. But I really like the covers and the books sound interesting.

CBee

CBee I really like this word! 1y

42 likes1 comment

CatLass007

More Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean, Danny Shanahan

I don‘t have the book yet but I thought it would be fun to share the cover for #WeirdWordsWednesday.

CBee

CBee Oooo, this is a word I‘ve never heard of and didn‘t know existed - thank you 😊👍🏻 (edited) 1y

CatLass007 @CBee You‘re welcome. It‘s the first book in a trilogy and if I get a chance to listen to this one and I like it, I‘ll make sure to tag you on those when I listen to them. 1y

CBee @CatLass007 that would be great! Thank you! 1y

Bookwomble The first time I came across this word was in a short story which had a vicious dog coming for the MC, and it described their fear of the approaching animal's "mordacious proprinquity", and it's a phrase I've never forgotten and, though rarely, have used! 1y

CatLass007 @Bookwomble Mordacious AND propinquity in the same sentence?! Excellent!😂 1y

35 likes5 comments

psalva

Ell?nika t?ra ena kai ena | D?m?tra D?m?tra, Marineta Papacheim?na

Really nerding out for this #weirdwordsWednesday. While doing my Greek homework this morning I came across the word τσιπούρα. Having been to a Greek distillery before, I thought this was the word for what some people know as “raki,” an anise-flavored alcoholic beverage (which is apparently the national drink of Turkey!). The problem was it was on a list of things you can buy from a fisherman. (See comments for more explanation.)⬇️
@CBee

psalva Confused, I looked it up and was puzzled to see it defined as “daurade,” another new word for me. I looked that up (sigh) and learned it is a type of sea bream. Okay, all was explained. I‘m glad I learned the difference between τσιπούρα and τσίπουρο. Only one letter and a shifted accent between them. Now I won‘t order the wrong thing if I go back to Greece! 2y

CBee Down a bit of a rabbit hole with this one, hmm? 😂🤓 2y

psalva @CBee Definitely 🤣 2y

LiteraryinPA Languages are so cool! 2y

18 likes4 comments

IndoorDame

Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude | Ross Gay

#weirdwords #weirdwordswednesday @CBee

Did you guys know that this delicate, introspective poet who writes mostly about cultivating joy and gardening got his start in college basketball, thought about going the pro sports route, and wrote his 7th book entirely as an ode to Julius Erving?

CBee Wow! I had no idea ♥️ 2y

TieDyeDude @wildalaskabibliophile This is what Cady does when we're playing 😅
@indoordame Cady is our dog! 2y

IndoorDame @TieDyeDude that sounds adorable!!! 2y

42 likes3 comments

Welcome to Litsy!

Trending Hashtags

Trending Books