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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

Today‘s #weirdwords selection is from Jewish folklore. Sign me up for anything folklore, mythological, and the like 🤓 @TheBookHippie your post inspired me 😁 #weirdwordwednesday

CBee @Megabooks @Daisey @Amiable @vivastory @Catlass007 @mandarchy @dabbe @IndoorDame @peanutnine @psalva @sace @slategreyskies @Lil1inblue @Deblovestoread @BookmarkTavern @Cuilin @Kerrbearlib @jen_the_scribe 1w

TheBookHippie 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙 1w

dabbe I want a golem as a protector! Mine would probably turn into a destructive one, though ... like Gollum in LOTR. 🩵💙🩵 1w

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CatLass007 I just finished the first three books of the Black Hat Bureau series, in which one of the main characters is a golem. Fun books! 1w

lil1inblue @dabbe #ditto 🩵🤣 1w

JenniferEgnor There is a great movie about this. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8329290/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk 1w

AlaMich This is a great novel with a golem as the MC.

The Golem and the Jinni

CBee @dabbe hahaha mine probably would too. I‘d rather some Heinzelmännchen: https://germangirlinamerica.com/heinzelmannchen-the-elves-of-cologne/ 1w

CBee @AlaMich I‘ve heard that‘s a good one! 1w

CBee @JenniferEgnor one that wreaks havoc, I see 🫣🫣 1w

CBee @CatLass007 cool! 1w

dabbe @CBee @CBee Oh, yes please! How adorable! 🩵💙🩵 1w

CatLass007 There was an episode of the X-Files that featured a golem. But when Dana Scully was narrating, she called it a gollum. 1w

AnnCrystal 🆒☺️👍🏼💝. 1w

StaceGhost I just saw a really cool seminar about golems in folklore! Love all the new books with golems coming out 1w

CBee @CatLass007 I think the pronunciation is similar? I can see how one would pronounce it gollum. I‘m too much of an LOTR fan to make that mistake 😂🤓 7d

CBee @StaceGhost that sounds awesome! 7d

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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

My flight to England is in two days, and I am vibrating with excitement! I‘m so ready to be free of responsibilities and on vacation!

#WeirdWordWednesday #WeirdWords @CBee

AnnCrystal Have Happy Travels 👏🏼🥳💝. 2w

CBee Happy almost vacation!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 2w

thebacklistbook Ooh! Enjoy your trip. Eat something British and check out lots of bookshops. 2w

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Blueberry ❤️, an important word 2w

Sace Enjoy your vacation! 2w

BookBr So many great bookshop opportunities! 😍 2w

dabbe Have a fabulous time! 🤩 2w

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CBee

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

I read about the Basque arborglyphs in #atreeaday and then, about the Pando aspen in Maggie, etc… (finished last night). Simply put: trees are amazing. #weirdwords #weirdwordwednesday
Articles for anyone interested:
https://theconversation.com/arborglyphs-basque-immigrant-sheepherders-left-their...
https://thetreeographer.com/2017/11/22/pando-aspen/

CBee @Megabooks @Daisey @TheBookHippie @Amiable @vivastory @Catlass007 @mandarchy @dabbe @IndoorDame @peanutnine @psalva @sace @slategreyskies @Lil1inblue @Deblovestoread @BookmarkTavern @Cuilin @Kerrbearlib @jen_the_scribe 2w

TheBookHippie How cool. 2w

Deblovestoread Love this! Aspens are my favorite, their leaves make the best music in the wind. 2w

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Amiable This photo is gorgeous, too! 😍 2w

SamAnne In the desert of SE Oregon, on Steens Mountain, one can find many carvings in the old aspen by Basque and other sheepherders from the early 1900s, maybe earlier. They are still there. Very cool, except for the disturbing carvings of female figures with antlers. Likely a little later by white dudes. 2w

BookmarkTavern Oh wow! That‘s so cool! 2w

lil1inblue @SamAnne How cool! That sounds absolutely breathtaking! 2w

lil1inblue I love this! 😍 2w

dabbe We just walked by some aspens on our walk with the pups. We're up north this week and are loving the weather and trees. L😍VE these new words. 🩵💙🩵 2w

CBee @Deblovestoread we don‘t have them here - wrong kind of climate 😅 2w

CBee @SamAnne hi!! So good to see you back on Litsy ♥️ Oof. So does it seem like someone came later and added the offensive carvings? That‘s awful. 2w

CBee @dabbe sounds lovely! 2w

dabbe @SamAnne 😱😳😤 2w

SamAnne @CBee aw thank you. I‘ve missed the friendly lovely crew here. 2w

CBee @SamAnne we‘ve missed you! Hope you‘ve been okay ♥️ 2w

CatLass007 Some of the words you share with us, although absolutely marvelous, I wonder if I‘ll ever have the opportunity to use. Nevertheless keep sharing, and I will keep remembering and looking for those opportunities. 2w

CBee @CatLass007 weird and not often used words is the goal ♥️ I‘ll keep sharing! 2w

Sace Fascinating! 2w

Daisey I‘ve come across some of these words in my reading, not only A Tree A Day, and always find the carvings a fascinating idea. Great words! 2w

CBee @Daisey 😊😊 2w

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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

Happy #WeirdWordWednesday ! #WeirdWords

This one‘s one of my favorites. @CBee

CBee Ohhhhh I love this so much ♥️♥️ 3w

EvyBea Me after I read my new favorite book and cant stop thinking abt it 3w

Daisey Lovely word! 3w

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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

Did you know (I didn‘t) that the cashew is not a nut? It‘s the seed of a cashew apple, classified as a “drupe.” The book, “A Tree a Day,” inspired me to research this - there is a page devoted to The Cashew of Pirangi in Brazil - it‘s enormous! #naturalitsy #weirdwords #weirdwordwednesday

Amiable I did not know this! Interesting info! 3w

CBee @Amiable and that concludes the #weirdwords edition of “Cyd Investigates” 😂😂🤓🤓 (edited) 3w

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lil1inblue I learned something new today! ✨️🎶The more you know!🎶✨️ 3w

CBee @lil1inblue yay! 😀 3w

TheBookHippie I am loving this book! 3w

Megabooks I did know this, and it‘s very cool! Like how the tomato is actually a fruit. Or mushrooms are sexual organs. 😳 3w

Deblovestoread I just learned this yesterday as I caught up in my reading 🤯

A Tree a Day: 365 of the World�s Most Majestic Trees

peanutnine Okay this explains why I'm allergic to nuts except I can eat cashews just fine! 3w

AllDebooks That's fabulous 👌 3w

Jas16 I had no idea! 3w

MonicaLoves2Read I didn't know that. Don't you love learning stuff from reading? I do! 3w

dabbe Very interesting! I love learning new things! 😍 3w

CatLass007 Cool. 3w

CBee @Megabooks wait, mushrooms? Omg 🫣🫣😂😂 3w

CBee @Deblovestoread I didn‘t read it for three months so I just started with July - that NY “resolution” didn‘t last long 😂 3w

CBee @peanutnine oh wow! I actually read you shouldn‘t eat cashews if you‘re allergic to nuts which is odd. And even more interesting is that you CAN eat them! Cashews are yummy. (edited) 3w

Deblovestoread @Megabooks Sat what now? I will never look at a mushroom the same again 🤣🤣🤣 3w

CBee @Deblovestoread I KNOW 🍄 🫣 3w

Megabooks “Therefore, a mushroom is more like a genderless fungus penis…” https://www.mycopia.com/blog/1120 Biology is Wild!! @cbee @Deblovestoread 3w

CBee @Megabooks can I use “fungus penis” as an insult? Cause that‘s like, golden 😂😂😂 3w

AnnCrystal 🆒 This is incredible 🤩👌🏼💝💝💝 3w

Megabooks @CBee “quit being a fungus penis!!” Yeah, it works!! 🤣🤣🤣 3w

CBee @Megabooks YESSSSS 👏🏻👏🏻😂😂 3w

AmyG @Megabooks There‘s a fungus amoung us!!! 3w

CBee @AmyG and fungus penises too 😂😂😂🤪🤪🤪 3w

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Sace

The Reformatory | Tananarive Due

I never have a word for #weirdwords but thanks to the tagged book I now do! Though it‘s probably not weird for a musician.

CBee I remember this word!! I‘m a lapsed musician, I guess you could say. Want me to add you to my tag list? 1mo

Sace @CBee sure! But I don‘t know how often I‘ll have a word. 1mo

CBee @Sace no worries! Post when you find a goodie 😊 1mo

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dabbe Love this word! It‘s musical, too, when said out loud. 1mo

Sace @CBee Will do! 1mo

Sace @dabbe It is! 1mo

BookmarkTavern I love saying this word! 1mo

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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) 1mo

BookmarkTavern Xanadu is a color?!?!?!? 1mo

BookmarkTavern Oh that‘s really pretty! 💚 1mo

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CBee @BookmarkTavern I‘m still laughing at “drunk tank pink” 😂😂 1mo

Megabooks My dad always liked the word chartreuse for colors! 1mo

BookmarkTavern Xanadu is used as a training address in the post office, so I‘m going to be giggling about it for a while. 😂 1mo

CBee @BookmarkTavern omg that‘s awesome 😂😂👏🏻👏🏻 1mo

CBee @Megabooks I love that one too! 1mo

Butterfinger I have had a Cyan and a Magenta as students' names and thought that was some pretty cool parents. They have both graduated. 1mo

CBee @Butterfinger oh definitely! I love that ♥️ 1mo

AnnCrystal 🤩🥀💝. 1mo

peanutnine I love fun color names!! I always wanted to name crayons growing up 😂 1mo

CBee @peanutnine same! I still do! 😂 1mo

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dabbe

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#weirdwordwednesday #weirdwords @CBee
#allusions

From my favorite Shakespearean play. 🖤

lil1inblue That is among my top 5 favorite Shakespeare lines. 🤩🤩🤩 Good one! 1mo

dabbe @lil1inblue I just got the chills. It is SO. DAMN. POWERFUL. TY! 🖤🐝🖤 1mo

CBee The MOST awesome line! 1mo

dabbe @CBee IKR? 😍 1mo

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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

Look at my roses! ❤️🌹❤️

#WeirdWordWednesday #WeirdWords @CBee

dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 1mo

kspenmoll Amazing color! 😘 1mo

CBee Those are gorgeous! I love the color! 1mo

AnnCrystal 🤩 Beautiful 😍🌹💖🌹💖🌹...they glow 🤩. 1mo

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