Totally Weird and Wonderful Words

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

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

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TheSpineView Great word! 🤩 6d

CatLass007 Love it! 6d

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dabbe Makes me wish that POLYGLUT existed ... as in someone who eats too many things at one sitting! 😍🤣😍 6d

BookmarkTavern Such a fun word to say! 6d

CBee @dabbe I thought something similar 😂😂 6d

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BookmarkTavern

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. 2w

CBee I always love the words you post! 2w

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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

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TheSpineView 😎😎😎 2w

peanutnine I was expecting something to do with birds! TIL 😅 2w

Deblovestoread I love this word! Great choice. 2w

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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! 2w

BookmarkTavern What a timely word! 😂 2w

dabbe You always pick the best ones to say out loud! And extremely prescient as well. 😍 2w

CBee @BookmarkTavern I thought the exact same thing 😂🤦‍♀️ 2w

CBee @peanutnine I can see that! 😂 2w

CBee @dabbe thank you! 😊 2w

CBee @CatLass007 you‘re very welcome, fellow amazing woman 😊 2w

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! 2w

CBee @CatLass007 I know that word from my nursing school days. I‘m glad I inspired you to look it up 😊👏🏻 2w

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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

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CBee I like the first one better, too. Because flowers ♥️ 3w

Read-n-Bloom Awwwww 😫 I missed Weird Word Wednesday! Dadnabit! 😂 3w

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Be the hope you want to see in the world. ❤️

#WeirdWordWednesday #WeirdWords @CBee

AnnCrystal 👏🏼💝💝💝😉👍🏼. 4w

lil1inblue 💓💓💓 4w

AmyG 🙌🏻 4w

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TheBookHippie ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ 4w

CBee Good stuff ♥️♥️♥️ 4w

dabbe 🩵💙🩵 4w

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dabbe

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#weirdwordwednesday #weirdwords
@CBee

I admit to having been a #mrsgrundy sometimes in the classroom. 😖🤣😊

TheBookHippie 😂 4w

dabbe @TheBookHippie 🤣 4w

CBee Nice!! 4w

dabbe @CBee 😍 4w

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peanutnine

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

I came across this one today. It comes from 'elegy'. Another definition calls it wistfully mournful, which I liked
The book I read it in was describing a poem in which "she sees the woman she‘s in love with sitting next to a man, and admires his composure. Because she knows if she were the one sitting next to the woman, she would be at a loss for words."
I've been reading a lot more poetry this month so I appreciate this new word

peanutnine #WeirdWordWednesday @CBee #aprilpoetrychallenge @wanderinglynn 1mo

peanutnine I believe the poem described was Catullus 51 for anyone interested https://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Latin/Catullus.php#... 1mo

CBee Lovely 🥰 1mo

wanderinglynn What a great word! 1mo

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dabbe

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

#weirdwordwednesday #weirdwords
@CBee
#allusion
#onceinabluemoon

I may have to have this beer tonight! 🤣

Aims42 Don‘t forget the orange 🍊🍻 1mo

dabbe @Aims42 Most definitely! 🧡🍊🧡 1mo

CBee Love this!!! 1mo

dabbe @CBee I'm having too much fun with these! 1mo

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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

Stumbled upon this word in my last read - The Devil and Mrs. Davenport (great book). I didn‘t know there was a specific word for speaking in tongues, but I mean, apparently there is a word for everything 😂🙌🏻 #weirdwords #weirdwordwednesday

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Deblovestoread Oooo, I like that word! Thanks for the tag! 1mo

CatLass007 I think I‘ve heard this one before. Maybe on an episode of House? Still, great to have all the extra info. 1mo

dabbe Such a pretty word when said out loud! 🩵💚💙 1mo

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BookmarkTavern Oh wow! I hadn‘t heard of this before! 1mo

peanutnine Oh I like the sound of this one! 1mo

TheSpineView Oh yes! 1mo

CBee @CatLass007 House! Love that show. 1mo

Amiable What a neat word! 1mo

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CBee

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

Nope, it‘s not a type of multivitamin 😂 Just a super cool musical instrument that is apparently quite hard to master. Links: https://youtu.be/-QgTF8p-284?si=yBQCF2IBXR-Z3Tq6
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theremin #weirdwordwednesday #weirdwords

CatLass007 Cool! 2mo

BookmarkTavern I had a friend in high school who learned how to play this! 2mo

peanutnine Oh my goodness that is very cool 2mo

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TheSpineView Neat! Thanks for the tag!💛🏷 2mo

Deblovestoread Makes me think of a Big Bang episode. That‘s where I learned about them. 😀 2mo

Bookwomble One of my favourite bands, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion use a theremin on their earlier albums. And the mighty Portishead have been known to dabble! 2mo

AlaMich A theremin also featured in Severance in this last season. The actor learned to play for the role 2mo

dabbe How effin cool is this? 🤩🎶🤩 2mo

CBee @Bookwomble oh, I love Portishead. A theramin has such an eerie sound and them using it makes perfect sense 👏🏻 2mo

CBee @AlaMich I read about that! I haven‘t watched Severance but all I hear are good things! 2mo

CBee @BookmarkTavern wow! How‘d that go? I‘m very musical but it looks so daunting! 2mo

BookmarkTavern She loved it! It was a challenge and that‘s what drew her to it! 2mo

Amiable @Deblovestoread Ha ha, me too! I saw this and immediately thought of Sheldon Cooper. 😄 2mo

CBee @BookmarkTavern incredible 👏🏻👏🏻 2mo

Daisey @Amiable @Deblovestoread I thought the same thing when I saw it! 😆 2mo

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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

FRIENDS!! Posting late but I didn‘t want anyone to miss out on the absolute cuteness that is the pygmy marmoset! Sometimes I veer off course with the “weird” part, because cute animals 😂 Here‘s an article about them: https://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/pygmy-marmoset #weirdwords #weirdwordwednesday

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CatLass007 Cuuute! 2mo

Susanita Oh my goodness!! 2mo

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AmyG I love all monkeys! 🐒 2mo

ncsufoxes My 15 year old is obsessed with the golden lion tamarins (he‘s obsessed with all types of monkeys). We saw them last summer at the zoo in Rhode Island. He still talks about them. We live close to the zoo in DC & just found out they have emperor ones (they have a long mustache). We used to live in San Diego & were frequent visitors of the zoo but I don‘t remember the marmosets. (edited) 2mo

MemoirsForMe ❤️🐒❤️🐒❤️🐒 2mo

Leftcoastzen So cute! 2mo

TheSpineView Adorable 2mo

CBee @ncsufoxes I love them too! We have cotton-top tamarins at our local zoo. They look like what Einstein would look like if he were a monkey I think 😂 2mo

AnnCrystal 😍💝. 2mo

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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

I‘m positive this word has been shared before for #WeirdWordWednesday , but I had to take some books off of a bookshelf today because the shelf has developed a concerning curve to it. So it‘s been on my mind. 😂😂 #WeirdWords

I‘m going to need to buy another bookshelf. 😅

CBee

shortsarahrose I grabbed a free, recently deleted book from the library I work at yesterday. Put it on top of a massive stack on top of one of my shelves. It fell off within minutes. So I put it on a different massive stack 😆 I have a problem 🫠 2mo

BookmarkTavern @shortsarahrose Sounds like a good problem to have! 😆 2mo

CBee Same problem here 😂🤪 2mo

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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

Not really weird but it‘s an opportunity to brag on my oldest kiddo (he will always be a kiddo for me despite being almost 13 😱). He was watching a play through of a favorite video game and mentioned how one villain shows up at the start, but you don‘t actually fight the villain until the end. He said “and that‘s an example of foreshadowing.” LORD I love this kid. #weirdwords #weirdwordwednesday

CBee Scott, wasn‘t sure which account to tag so, I tagged both 😊 @vivastory @eclectic-reader 2mo

Deblovestoread Smart kiddo! 2mo

TheBookHippie Love it!! 2mo

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CatLass007 13 is still a kiddo. So cool! 2mo

Megabooks Awesome kid!!! ⭐️⭐️ 2mo

dabbe This just tickles the English-teacher heart in me! Smart young man! 🤩🙌🏻🤩 2mo

BookmarkTavern Very cool! 😎 2mo

vivastory That's so awesome!! (I'll only be posting from this one now on. Sorry for the confusion) 2mo

AmyG 🙌🏻 2mo

TheSpineView Wow!!! 2mo

CBee @vivastory SCOTT. I got your gift. And, I emailed you back! You‘re the best, truly ♥️♥️♥️ 2mo

vivastory @CBee 💙 💙 2mo

Leftcoastzen Cool ! 2mo

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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

It‘s starting to get warm enough for walking along the river path! ☀️

#WeirdWordWednesday #WeirdWords @CBee

tpixie A flâneuse!

Flaneur: A Stroll Through the Paradoxes of Paris

2mo

tpixie I love that word! 2mo

CBee This is me! And maybe @Flaneurette ❓ 😊 2mo

Flaneurette @CBee of course 😀! 2mo

CBee @Flaneurette 👏🏻 👏🏻 2mo

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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!! 3mo

TheBookHippie Love it! And it‘s accurate! 3mo

AnnCrystal 🍫🌧️📚💝. 3mo

CBee Perfect for our weather too ☁️ 3mo

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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 🩶💚🩶 3mo

CBee @dabbe I wish it were a xylophone playing fish though 😂😂 3mo

CatLass007 😂 3mo

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dabbe @CBee Lordy, that would be the perfect word for that! 🤣🤣🤣 3mo

Daisey A xylophone playing fish! 😂 🤣 3mo

CBee @Daisey are you picturing it in your head? 😂😂😂 3mo

CBee @dabbe right? Presenting, for your entertainment - Xavier the Xylocarp, playing the xylophone with his fins! 😂 3mo

Kerrbearlib Very cool word! 3mo

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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 👍 3mo

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. ❤️💙💜 3mo

AnishaInkspill what a wonderful word 3mo

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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 😀 3mo

TheBookHippie I am loving this book! Also behind 😂 3mo

peanutnine Ooh this image is giving me college flashbacks 😂 3mo

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BookmarkTavern That‘s so cool! 🧬 3mo

CBee @TheBookHippie it‘s lovely! 3mo

CBee @peanutnine I didn‘t get far enough in my college biology class to even know about these 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ 3mo

dabbe Yes to this and the book! 🤩💚🤩 3mo

kspenmoll I must be behind in this book too! Thanks for voc lesson!!!! 3mo

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 3mo

CBee @kspenmoll I‘m still in January! 3mo

CBee @peanutnine oof. That sounds a bit painful 😳 3mo

CatLass007 Interesting.🧐 3mo

Deblovestoread Love this! 3mo

Amiable Neat! 3mo

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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! 3mo

CBee Yes. Feeling it too 💔 3mo

Ruthiella ❤️❤️❤️ 3mo

BC_Dittemore So apt 3mo

Bookwomble ❤️‍🩹 3mo

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I just really want this word to have something to do with cats 🐱😂 #weirdwordwednesday #weirdwords

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Suet624 😂😂 3mo

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. 😄 3mo

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. 3mo

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

BookmarkTavern What a fun word! ❤️ 3mo

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

Dear Fang, With Love: A novel

3mo

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

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

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) 3mo

Amiable @CBee I was reading

King: A Life

3mo

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

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CBee

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. 4mo

CBee @CatLass007 I‘ve missed you too! It‘s been a rough start to the new year but it‘s starting to look up 🤞🏻 4mo

BookmarkTavern Glad to see you back! And never played, but I have heard of it! 4mo

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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. 4mo

TheSpineView I played! That does bring back memories. 4mo

CBee @BookmarkTavern thank you! I‘ve missed you guys. 4mo

CBee @Cuilin tell me about Pass the Parcel! That‘s a new one. 4mo

dabbe So glad to see you, m'dear! I've never played blind-man's bluff, but I have read about it. 🩶🖤🩶 4mo

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. 🎁 4mo

Cuilin @TheSpineView Musical Chairs, Blind Man‘s Bluff and Pass the Parcel bring back so many happy memories. 4mo

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)⬇️ 4mo

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. 4mo

CatLass007 I guess the closest I‘ve ever come to playing blind-man‘s bluff is playing Pin the Tail on the Donkey. 4mo

CBee @Cuilin that sounds like so much fun! I always loved musical chairs too. 4mo

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#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 😂 4mo

dabbe @CBee 🤩😂🤗 4mo

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). 4mo

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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 🙄😂🤗 4mo

Suet624 This qualifies as a descriptor of my current local weather. 4mo

dabbe @Suet624 🩵❄️🩵 4mo

CBee @CSeydel omg that‘s terrible! Shame on him 😡 4mo

CSeydel @CBee He was truly horrible 4mo

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#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? 5mo

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 ♥️ 5mo

dabbe @CBee Another excellent one. Fun to pronounce and mispronounce, too! 😂 5mo

CBee @dabbe 😂😂😂 5mo

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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. 5mo

TheSpineView Good one! ❤️ 5mo

TheBookHippie I love birds 🙂🙃 what a fun word! 5mo

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dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 5mo

BookmarkTavern Yellow is my favorite color! 💛💛 5mo

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! 5mo

CBee @CatLass007 ha! I definitely didn‘t expect it to mean a shade of yellow 😂 5mo

CBee @TheBookHippie isn‘t this little guy cute? So yellow and poofy. 5mo

CBee @BookmarkTavern it‘s such a happy color 💛 5mo

CBee @psalva oh no! I‘m sorry to hear that. Have you reached out to Litsy help? 5mo

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#weirdwordwednesday #weirdwords @CBee

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

CBee Same, girl, same 🤯 5mo

Suet624 Who knew there was such a word. 5mo

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. 5mo

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dabbe @CBee 💙❄️💙 5mo

dabbe @Suet624 IKR? 💙❄️💙 5mo

dabbe @Amiable God, that's EXACTLY how I feel, too! Let's hope it's the first one. 💙❄️💙 5mo

Suet624 @Amiable I‘m sure that it broke me. I am not the same person. 5mo

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. 5mo

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). 5mo

Suet624 @Amiable I‘m doing the same thing. 5mo

Suet624 @dabbe it‘s just a dangerous clown show coming up. It‘s the ticking time bomb. I tremble too. 5mo

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. 5mo

BkClubCare @Suet624 @dabbe Trembling here, too. {{{hugs}}} 5mo

dabbe @BkClubCare ❣️❣️❣️ 5mo

CBee @Amiable @Suet624 @dabbe right there with all of you 🙁 5mo

dabbe @CBee Hugs. We need an emoji hug without a smile face because sometimes, well, we need it. 5mo

CBee @dabbe I agree! This one is weird but is supposed to be a 🫂 5mo

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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 ♥️ 5mo

Daisey Great word choice! 5mo

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BookmarkTavern

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

This community brings me so much joy. I am so grateful for all of you here! 💖

#WeirdWordWednesday @CBee #WeirdWords

CBee I love this ♥️♥️ 6mo

AnnCrystal 💝💝💝. 6mo

Daisey Wonderful word! 6mo

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BookmarkTavern

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

The constantly changing tapestry of human knowledge is one of the coolest things about us as a species.

#WeirdWordWednesday #WeirdWords @CBee

TheSpineView ❤️❤️❤️ 6mo

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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

Thanks to the lovely book, Mythos, and to the even lovelier Stephen Fry for writing it, this is my #weirdwords pick for today! Link to the mythological origin/story: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycaon_(king_of_Arcadia)
Enjoy! #weirdwordwednesday

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TheSpineView ❤️🐺📖 6mo

peanutnine I adore Stephen Fry! His narration for the audiobook is also amazing 6mo

CBee @peanutnine oh yes! I‘m totally listening to the audiobook - it‘s excellent! 6mo

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BookmarkTavern Thanks for sharing the story! 6mo

Amiable Cool word! 6mo

dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 6mo

CBee @BookmarkTavern absolutely - I like to add some context 😊 6mo

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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

First snow of the season! And I‘m so glad today is the start of my weekend so I can stay inside, make chocolate chip cookies, and read my books. 💖

#WeirdWordWednesday #WeirdWords @CBee

AllDebooks What a fab word ❄️ 6mo

ShelleyBooksie Cool! 6mo

TheSpineView Great word!❤️ 6mo

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CBee Lovely! We‘re having this sort of weather today ♥️ 6mo

dabbe 🧡🍁🤎 6mo

AnnCrystal 💕🍪🌧️📚💝. (edited) 6mo

BethM Ohhh where are you? We‘re theoretically getting some next weekend! 6mo

BookmarkTavern @BethM Utah! The Salt Lake Valley. Just enough to cover the ground. ❄️❄️ 6mo

mcctrish Great word - we‘ve got rain in southern Ontario 6mo

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dabbe

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

#weirdwordwednesday
#weirdwords
@CBee

A fun one to say, too: [per-uh-pi-TEE-uh]

TheBookHippie 😅👀♥️ 6mo

CBee Great one!! 6mo

dabbe @TheBookHippie 🤩😂🤗 6mo

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dabbe @CBee 🤩😂🤗 6mo

BookmarkTavern Oh that‘s a fun one! 6mo

dabbe @BookmarkTavern 🤩😂🤗 6mo

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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

I was fine putting marginalia in my textbooks, and maybe literature I was reading for school, but now? It‘s hard for me to write in books (maybe that‘s why #LPMBC wasn‘t my cup of tea 😂)! Anyway, such a pretty word, hope you all enjoy! Here‘s an article about weird medieval marginalia: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/medieval-marginalia-books-doodles

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mcctrish It‘s crazy how many years passed before I got over myself and wrote marginalia in my cookbooks 6mo

Bookwomble Nope!🫸📝A lovely, mellifluous word, and ok in ancient grimoires, but otherwise, Nope! 😄 6mo

lil1inblue I used to be against marginalia, but then I inherited some of my grandfather's books. I didn't get to know him well because he was sick after I was born and died when I was young. But I did get to know him through his marginalia. So now I write in all the books. 💖 6mo

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TheSpineView I love this word! 6mo

dabbe When we used to have real textbooks in high school, I taught the kids to mark them up with post-it-notes because they couldn't write in them. The power of a post-it-note! 🤩 6mo

Amiable Just can‘t do it! 😬 Although your experience is absolutely lovely, @lil1inblue ! (edited) 6mo

BookmarkTavern I love writing in my books! 😅😅😅 Seeing my different notes in books I reread regularly, like Dracula, are so much fun! 6mo

CBee @Bookwomble you just used another wonderful word - mellifluous!! 6mo

CBee @lil1inblue that‘s so lovely ♥️♥️ 6mo

CBee @dabbe post-it notes are the bomb. Couldn‘t live without em! 6mo

CBee @BookmarkTavern that‘s cool! I don‘t know why it‘s such a weird thing for me 🤷‍♀️ 6mo

BethM It makes me@think of our missing friends @BookishMarginalia and @WanderingBookaneer ❤️ 6mo

CBee @BethM oh! I hope they‘re both doing well - any idea what‘s going on with them? 6mo

BethM @CBee I‘m not sure they haven‘t posted in years. I check their pages every once in awhile. 6mo

CBee @BethM 😢🤷‍♀️ 6mo

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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

Here‘s a fun spooky word for Halloween tomorrow! Also, I have never felt less inspired to take a walk in the woods.

#WeirdWords #WeirdWordWednesday @CBee

TheSpineView Love this word! Perfect for Halloween 🎃 6mo

CBee Oooo this is super spooky 🫢 6mo

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CBee

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

Apologies for not posting on #weirdwordwednesday recently (life ugh). Today‘s word: synesthesia 😊Here‘s the Wiki - enjoy: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia
#weirdwords

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BookmarkTavern Hope life gets better! Also! My mom has a version of this. Letters and numbers are colors in her head! 6mo

CatLass007 Thanks for sharing! This is a great word and I will share a screenshot of your graphic with my friend who has a masters in nursing and a masters in psychiatry. I‘m sure she will have much to say about the subject but since she‘s in the hospital I‘ll humor her by listening to her every thought on the subject. 6mo

Amiable I've always liked the word synesthesia! Hugs for the life stuff. 6mo

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dabbe Love this word and your picture! Thinking of you and hoping life slows down for you a bit asap. 🖤🧡🖤 6mo

CBee @BookmarkTavern that‘s so interesting! Does it bother her at all? It seems rather lovely to me, especially related to music 😊 6mo

CBee @CatLass007 that‘s what good friends do 😊 6mo

CBee @Amiable I‘ll take the hugs, thank you 😊 6mo

CBee @dabbe thank you, my friend 😊 6mo

BookmarkTavern She had to read very quickly, otherwise she gets distracted by the colors. But she loves it. She actually found the list she wrote in elementary school a couple months ago. 😁 6mo

CBee @BookmarkTavern oh wow, how cool! 6mo

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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

#WeirdWordWednesday @CBee

The tree in front of my house had some gorgeous red leaves on it this morning when I woke up. I *may* have done a little happy dance on the porch. #WeirdWords

dabbe What a beautiful word! 🖤🧡🖤 7mo

AnnCrystal 💕🍃💃🍂💝. 7mo

Cupcake12 Such a pretty word 🍁 7mo

CBee So beautiful!! 7mo

Daisey Perfect word for this week! 🍂 🍁 7mo

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CBee

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

Here‘s a climate related word for #weirdwordwednesday 😊 Thanks to the hubster for introducing me to this one (total weather geek 🤓)! Here‘s an article: https://opensnow.com/news/post/albedo-explained #weirdwords

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TheSpineView Great word! 💜 7mo

BookmarkTavern That‘s a fun one! 7mo

dabbe Another fun one to say out loud! 🤩 7mo

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CatLass007 My Mom was a weather geek. She even took some meteorology classes in college. Growing up she would listen to the weather reports of three different radio stations just to make sure that we‘d know what outerwear to put on when we left for school. When the Weather Channel was launched she was in hog heaven. But I‘m pretty sure she never heard this particular term because she would have used it often and well. Thanks for the walk down memory lane. 7mo

CBee @CatLass007 oh, that‘s such a lovely story! I‘m happy that my word choice helped you remember good memories of your mom ♥️♥️ 7mo

CatLass007 @CBee ❤️❤️❤️ 7mo

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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

I‘m at my state‘s Shakespearean festival for my birthday week! And I just had to pick a theater word for #WeirdWordWednesday !

Featuring my own photograph! #WeirdWords @CBee

dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 7mo

CBee Lovely pic! 7mo

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CBee

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

Jesus Christ on toast, faces in clouds, the list goes on and on! And of course, thanks to Bones (still binging and loving), I now know there is a word for this phenomenon 🤓 #weirdwordwednesday #weirdwords

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Deblovestoread Ooooh I love this word! 7mo

Daisey I discovered this word recently as well, and I love it! 7mo

Amiable Ha ha, I read your comment and thought “Jesus Christ on toast” was maybe one of those phrases that Southern folks use instead of swearing. 😄 7mo

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TheSpineView Cool word 😎 7mo

CBee @Amiable it very well could be and I might just start using it now 😂😂 I tend to make up my own anyway 🤓 7mo

CatLass007 Great word! 7mo

Cuilin @Amiable I thought that too because in Ireland, we say Christ on a bike!!!! 😆 7mo

BookmarkTavern Like finding shapes in clouds! How cool! 7mo

TheBookHippie Oh!!! Also my BFF is from Ireland and says Christ on a bike often so I read it as that 🤣😂😅🤪 @Cuilin 7mo

Amiable @Cuilin That‘s so funny because my grandfather used to say “Jesus Christ on a bicycle” and his parents were from Ireland!! I had no idea it was an Irish thing! 😄 7mo

dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 7mo

CBee @BookmarkTavern yes! 😊 7mo

CBee @TheBookHippie @Cuilin @Amiable it‘s related to the pareidolia of Jesus‘s face on a piece of toast. On the show (Bones) it was WAY grosser 🫢 😬 I did just read “Jesus toast” when I looked for the example and now I‘m 😂😂 (edited) 7mo

TheBookHippie @CBee 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 7mo

Amiable @CBee @cuilin This reminds me of the time one morning years ago when I came downstairs to find a baggie on the kitchen counter with a peanut inside and a note from my youngest son that said, “Do not eat this. It looks like Elvis.” 😄 (edited) 7mo

CBee @Amiable omg 😂😂😂😂 That‘s amazing - sounds like something my 12 year old would do! 7mo

Cuilin @Amiable hilarious 🤣 7mo

Amiable @CBee @Cuilin Yeah, we still joke about the Elvis nut. 😄 And it kickstarted the conversation—why is it that we only ever see Jesus or Elvis or Mary Magdalene in toast or on trees? Why doesn‘t anyone see … I don‘t know, Fonzie? Or Alex Trebek? It‘s weird. 😀 (edited) 7mo

CBee @Amiable I love that it started that conversation. Equality in pareidolia 😂😂 7mo

Suet624 Off topic, but I‘ve never watched Bones. Your thoughts on the show? 7mo

CBee @Suet624 oh my gosh, it‘s so good. It can be a bit much if you‘re squeamish, but the banter between the main characters is the BEST. It‘s very nerdy, very science-y. The main character is a forensic anthropologist and is based on real life author Kathy Reichs. Highly recommend it 🦴 😊 7mo

Suet624 Okay, on the second episode of season one now. 🙂 7mo

CBee @Suet624 ooo! What do you think so far? 7mo

Suet624 Very small sample size. Give me another couple of episodes. But so far so good. 7mo

Suet624 How far into it are you? 7mo

CBee @Suet624 I‘m on season 5! There are a LOT of seasons 😂🤪 7mo

Suet624 I noticed! That‘s a good thing when they‘re enjoyable though. 7mo

CBee @Suet624 I‘m still really loving it 😊 7mo

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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

Apparently, it‘s also the molecule responsible for the earthy taste of beetroots, but I care much less about that. 😂

@CBee #WeirdWordWednesday #WeirdWords

CBee Petrichor is one of my favorite smells 😊 8mo

LiteraryinPA @CBee Petrichor came up in the book I just read! I‘d never heard the word before.

Death at Morning House

8mo

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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

Here‘s a cool article about these: https://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2016/09/palimpsests-the-art-of-medieval... #weirdwords #weirdwordwednesday

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CatLass007 I‘m sure I‘ve read this word before but I‘m not sure when or where. It‘s another cool word and definition. Thanks for sharing these every week.❤️ 8mo

TheSpineView Another great word!! 8mo

IndoorDame One of my all time favorite words 💜 8mo

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CBee @CatLass007 you‘re welcome! I‘ve come across some really cool ones lately 😊 8mo

CBee @IndoorDame yay! It‘s a fantastic word 😊 8mo

slategreyskies @CatLass007 the first time I came across this word was in A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness. Ashmole 782 was a palimpsest. So, if you‘ve read that book, that could be where you‘re remembering this word from. 8mo

CatLass007 @slategreyskies I haven‘t read it yet, although I do own it. I may never remember exactly where I first read the word, but it‘s not really a big deal. I have a tendency, especially listening to audiobooks, when I encounter a new word to just infer the definition from the manner in which the word is used rather than take the time to look up the actual definition. I‘m so glad @CBee does the work for me, although I am getting better at it. 8mo

BookmarkTavern Oh this is one of my favorite words! 💕💕💕💕 8mo

peanutnine I love this word! It always gives me a feeling of nostalgia 💖 8mo

dabbe Oh, no! I\'m off the list! Can I jump back on? 😅 8mo

CBee @dabbe I‘m just having a chance to check Litsy and realized I forgot to tag you - that was just a total goof on my part! Sorry!! 8mo

CBee @CatLass007 ♥️♥️♥️ 8mo

dabbe @CBee No worries; I just wanted to make sure I was still in the loop! 🧡🍁🧡 8mo

CBee @dabbe you‘re definitely still in the loop! ♥️ 8mo

mandarchy Speaking of being in the loop, but off topic: I stopped getting notifications from Litsy and I've tried everything except deleting it and reinstalling it. Getting it on this phone was such a chore, I'm not sure I'm willing to go that far. But have any of you seen a convo about this anywhere? 7mo

CBee @mandarchy do you have an Android or iPhone? A friend who has an Android has had issues similar to yours. I‘d suggest submitting a help ticket as I know you aren‘t the only one! 7mo

mandarchy Android. Thanks! I've been ignoring it and maybe a help ticket will be the thing. 7mo

CBee @mandarchy hopefully they can figure it out! 7mo

mandarchy @CBee I just opened Litsy and I had 204 notifications! None of them made my phone ding. I've never seen so many! It's weird 7mo

CBee @mandarchy that‘s crazy!! Did you send a help request? 7mo

mandarchy I did, I got the 204 notifications and then nothing else. I just need to check in more often. 7mo

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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

Y‘all, I haven‘t written in six months, and today I wrote 4,000 words for a new project. I feel so happy I might cry.

#WeirdWordWednesday #WeirdWords @CBee

dabbe 🩶🧡🩶 8mo

CBee Congratulations!!! That is amazing! And by the way, I love your collages and the words you keep posting ♥️ 8mo

AnnCrystal 👏✍️🥳💝. That\'s fantastic, congrats! 📝✨💫💝. 8mo

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ravenlee Woohoo! Sounds like you are recharged and ready to go! 8mo

Daisey Congratulations, and I love this word! 8mo

PaperbackPirate 🎉👏⭐️ 8mo

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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

#WeirdWordWednesday
@CBee

All birds deserve a fancy word for the beauty they create! 🪺

IndoorDame 🤎🪶🐦‍⬛🪹 8mo

CBee Oh my goodness, the tiny hummingbird nest ♥️♥️ 8mo

dabbe @IndoorDame 🤩🤗😊 8mo

dabbe @CBee 🤩🤗😊 8mo

AnnCrystal 💝🐦💝🐦💝. 8mo

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#WeirdWordWednesday @CBee
Saw this on instagram the other day. This word definitely describes me 📖🛌🏼😁

CBee Ha! Perfect 😍 8mo

TheSpineView Describes me! 8mo

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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

Color me amazed, again, that there seems to be a word for EVERYTHING! And if you love clouds (and finding shapes in them), there is an awesome account on IG called (@) thedailycloud ☁️⛅️🌧️ #weirdwords #weirdwordwednesday

CBee @IndoorDame @dabbe @psalva @TheBookHippie @lil1inblue @Megabooks @slategreyskies @Deblovestoread @TheSpineView @CatLass007 @mandarchy @Daisey @peanutnine @BookmarkTavern @Amiable 8mo

IndoorDame My favorite childhood activity!!!! 😃 Bet if I‘d known this super fancy word for it all the grown ups who told me to stop daydreaming and go do something useful would‘ve thought twice 😂 8mo

TheSpineView Thanks for the tag! 💛 🏷🥰 8mo

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CBee @IndoorDame I know right? You would‘ve impressed those folks for sure 😂 8mo

CatLass007 Awesome! 8mo

Amiable Wow! That‘s an amazing word! 8mo

dabbe It sounds like a disease that I would LOVE to have! Matt and I just did this the other evening! 🤩 8mo

AnnCrystal 💕🌬️💨☁️💝. 8mo

CBee @dabbe it does! And nobody would know what you meant 😂😂 8mo

BookmarkTavern What a fantastic word! 💕 8mo

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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

Okay #weirdwords nerds, this is interesting! I‘ve been saying a few of these wrong - but the fact that some people say “from the gecko” makes me giggle 😂 Check it out: Bad News: You've Been Saying These 18 Words And Phrases Wrong For Your Entire Life https://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewziegler/malapropism-eggcorn-words-phrases

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ChaoticMissAdventures I am now trying to figure out how and why people pronounce this word with an e &/o g... I keep saying acorn and I don't have any of that 😂 8mo

IndoorDame Neat! I definitely say some of them wrong too. But hysterical that eggcorn is apparently the most common one and I‘ve never heard anyone say it 😂 (edited) 8mo

TheBookHippie 😳😅😂 fun!!! 8mo

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CBee @IndoorDame me either! Totally new to me. @ChaoticMissAdventures I don‘t hear it either, no idea where that came from 😂😂🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️ 8mo

BkClubCare @ChaoticMissAdventures - me, too. I don‘t think I‘ve ever heard anyone say eggcorn. 🤔 8mo

monkeygirlsmama I have NEVER heard of this term before. 🤣 And I've NEVER heard anyone pronounce A-CORN as EGG-CORN. 🤔😝 8mo

TheSpineView That was fun! "Champ at the bit" tripped me up. 8mo

thebacklistbook Hahaha! This often leads to popular misspellings being adopted into dictionaries. Like how chique was already adopted into english with its original French spelling then someone decided it needed to be spelled chic at some point. I've heard many people say the French spelling as sheekwa rather than sheek. 8mo

thebacklistbook Also have seen some with dictaphone software taken down by this. The algorithm feeds it's best guess for what it "heard". 8mo

CBee @monkeygirlsmama it‘s baffling 😂 8mo

CBee @TheSpineView I always thought it was “jerry-rigged” but it‘s “jury-rigged!” 8mo

CBee @thebacklistbook so interesting!! 8mo

Deblovestoread Fun! I know it‘s “duct” but I still say “duck”. And I do always ask for ice tea. 🤦🏻‍♀️ 8mo

CBee @Deblovestoread I do too 😂😂 Here in the south we don‘t even say iced tea, we just say sweet or unsweetened because iced tea is just a given 😂 8mo

BookmarkTavern That‘s so cool! I didn‘t know that! 8mo

dabbe @CBee Same here! I'm in 😱! 8mo

thebacklistbook @Deblovestoread there is a brand of duct tape called Duck tape they also make painters tape, etc. 8mo

TheBookHippie @CBee I always remembered it as most jury‘s are rigged so 🤪😅😱🥴😂 8mo

TheBookHippie @Deblovestoread I say ice and duck too 😂😂😂 8mo

Daisey That was a fun and interesting quiz. Thanks for sharing! 8mo

CBee @TheBookHippie I see it now 😂 But I could‘ve sworn it was “jerry” 🤷‍♀️🤦‍♀️ Aaaand I‘ve always said “for all intensive purposes” and that‘s wrong! 8mo

CBee @Daisey you‘re welcome! 8mo

mandarchy It's more complicated than you think. If you like words you might like this YouTuber. He does a whole episode about eggcorns. https://youtu.be/Sucad437VDA?si=X-B31qnBkVaZtIr5 8mo

CBee @mandarchy cool, thank you! 8mo

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