weirdwordswednesday

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! 1w

CBee Down a bit of a rabbit hole with this one, hmm? 😂🤓 1w

psalva @CBee Definitely 🤣 1w

LiteraryinLawrence Languages are so cool! 7d

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 ♥️ 1mo

TieDyeDude @wildalaskabibliophile This is what Cady does when we're playing 😅
@indoordame Cady is our dog! 1mo

IndoorDame @TieDyeDude that sounds adorable!!! 1mo

42 likes3 comments

CBee

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

I love this word and never knew this was what it meant! I also love looking at old advertisements - makes me nostalgic for when things were (maybe) simpler? Not that I‘m old enough to have played with a zoetrope…..but I digress. Enjoy 😂🤪 #weirdwords #weirdwordswednesday

Megabooks, Daisey, TheBookHippie, Amiable, vivastory, CatLass007, mandarchy, dabbe, IndoorDame, peanutnine, psalva

TheBookHippie Oh wow! How fun! 3mo

IndoorDame I had no idea those had such a cool name! I‘m old enough to have played with flip books, which aren‘t as aesthetically appealing lying around a playroom, but were a really neat evolution of that since they could tell a whole mini wordless story… 3mo

Megabooks Very cool! 3mo

See All 11 Comments

CatLass007 I‘ve seen pictures of zoetropes, and I‘ve heard the word zoetrope. But I never put the word with the toy. Cool. 3mo

CBee @IndoorDame my oldest son loves to make his own flip books 😊 3mo

IndoorDame @CBee awesome! 3mo

Amiable Cool Scrabble word for Z! 🙂 3mo

CBee @Amiable oh yes!!! 3mo

dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 3mo

willaful When I was a kid, we had a book of paper cut out old-fashioned toys and it included a Zoetrope, so I guess I'm old enough to have played with one. 😂 We used to put it on the record player so it would spin. (There, now you know how old I really am!) 3mo

CBee @willaful that sounds cool! I had a record player - one for me and my parents had one too 😊 I guess I just meant I wasn‘t old enough to have played with it when it was new? 🤷‍♀️😂 3mo

61 likes11 comments

CBee

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

Your science lesson for today 😊😊 Learned a lot researching this one but here‘s the Wiki to start: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelagic_zone
#weirdwords #weirdwordswednesday

Megabooks, Daisey, TheBookHippie, Amiable, vivastory, CatLass007, mandarchy, dabbe, IndoorDame, peanutnine, psalva

Megabooks Very cool word!! 😎 3mo

CBee @Megabooks the pelagic subzone words are even cooler! 😁 3mo

IndoorDame Awesome! 3mo

See All 8 Comments

dabbe I'm terrified of the hadopelagic zone! 🤩😱😂 3mo

CBee @dabbe there‘s a reason it‘s named for Hades 😳😂 3mo

Susanita I first encountered the word in one of the Shetland books. 3mo

CBee @Susanita I read it in Little Monsters - one of the main characters studies whales 🐳 3mo

dabbe @CBee Exactly! 😂 3mo

54 likes8 comments

CBee

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

This word popped up in Magpie Murders and I made sure to highlight it 😊 It‘s also used in Hamlet (bet you knew that, right Denise? 😁). #weirdwords #weirdwordswednesday

Megabooks, Daisey, TheBookHippie, Amiable, vivastory, CatLass007, mandarchy, dabbe, IndoorDame, peanutnine, psalva

IndoorDame So fun! 3mo

peanutnine This seems fake and I love it 😂 3mo

CatLass007 One of Robert B. Parker‘s Spenser novels was titled Hugger-Mugger. I can‘t recall the plot but I remember the title. Now know what it actually means. 3mo

See All 17 Comments

vivastory Ah, great choice! Such a fun word to say 3mo

CBee @peanutnine right? Doesn‘t seem like it could be real 😂 3mo

CBee @CatLass007 how cool! I found a restaurant, a yoga brand, and a brewery all named Hugger Mugger when I googled it 😂 3mo

CBee @vivastory I think we should write a short story with all of these funny words 😂 3mo

Daisey Interesting! Also, I need to look up this website! I always enjoy the birds. 3mo

vivastory @CBee 😂 Can you imagine? “The Case of the Evaporating Palaver“ lol 3mo

dabbe “We have done but greenly, / In hugger-mugger to inter him“ (Claudius, to Gertrude after secretly burying Polonius).

Of course, I did NOT know it; I had to look it up! 🤩😂😍 3mo

CBee @vivastory “A Hugger-Mugger Murder” 😂😂 3mo

CBee @Daisey the pigeons are great 🐦 😊 3mo

CBee @dabbe ooooo I‘m telling the teacher! Oh wait…… 😂😂😂 3mo

vivastory “...a Most Nefarious Homicide“ 😂 😂 Call our agents! Call Netflix! (edited) 3mo

CBee Let‘s get @The_Penniless_Author involved here - I posted the word “crepuscular” and I love capybaras who happen to be just that. So he ran with the whole “crepuscular capybaras” and I think we should just add…. “From Space” 😂😂😂😂 @vivastory (edited) 3mo

The_Penniless_Author This sounds like a term you'd use for that one grandma or great aunt at every family gathering who's always hugging the little kids and kissing them on the cheek. 😂 3mo

CBee @The_Penniless_Author you‘re totally right 😂😂😂 mugging you with the hugging 😂😂 3mo

50 likes17 comments

psalva

The City We Became | N.K. Jemisin

This morning I‘m trying to speed through the end of the tagged so I can return it to the library. Just in time for #weirdwordsWednesday, I found the word gormless, which I had never heard before. I guess it stems from a dialect noun “gaum,” which can mean understanding or attention. Throw in a spelling change and the current meaning makes sense. Still, I‘m surprised I‘ve never noticed it in British literature I‘ve read. #weirdwords @CBee

CBee New to me! Thanks for sharing 😊 4mo

Bookwomble This is a common dialect word in north west England, and sometimes I think it must be my true name, as I seem to hear it a lot when my wife's around😄 3mo

21 likes2 comments

CBee

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

I always thought this word was fun to say - though the condition it describes is serious and in no way am I trying to make light of it! #weirdwords #weirdwordswednesday

Megabooks, Daisey, TheBookHippie, Amiable, vivastory, CatLass007, mandarchy, dabbe, IndoorDame, peanutnine, psalva

Megabooks Yes, interesting word awful problem! 4mo

CBee @Megabooks exactly! I hesitated to post because I would never want to lessen what is a major issue and I have so much sympathy for anyone dealing with it. But at it‘s core, it‘s just a really cool and weird word 🙂 4mo

dabbe An episode on Criminal Minds depicted a woman with this condition. It was frightening! Well, anything on CM usually was. 😂 4mo

See All 11 Comments

CBee @dabbe yes, I love Criminal Minds 🫣 4mo

Amiable My husband's niece has this disorder. It is a fascinating word! 4mo

CBee @Amiable oh how awful. I‘m so sorry to hear that 🙁 4mo

dabbe @Amiable I'm so sorry to read that. 😢 4mo

vivastory I haven't watched CM in years. I used to all the time. 4mo

Reggie I have a coworker whose daughter used to have this. 4mo

CBee @vivastory I did too! Great show. 4mo

CBee @Reggie 🙁 hope she‘s doing better now! 4mo

53 likes11 comments

psalva

Walden and Civil Disobedience | Henry David Thoreau

For today‘s #weirdwordswednesday I wanted to share the phrase “superfluous glowshoes.” Thoreau is writing here about the futility of keeping more things than needed around one‘s house. I was simultaneously delighted and puzzled by this phrase, and glad for a footnote which clarifies that Thoreau meant galoshes. But come on! Who doesn‘t want a pair of superfluous glowshoes? What a delightful phrase! #weirdwords @CBee

CBee I would LOVE a pair of glowshoes. Superfluous or otherwise 😂😁 4mo

16 likes1 comment

CBee

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

Apparently this phrase is misused a bit - there‘s even a whole Reddit thread about it 😂 I can see why - it sounds like a legal term and a bit fancy to use in everyday speech 😁🤓 #weirdwords #weirdwordswednesday