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dabbe
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#WeirdWordWednesday
#weirdwords
@CBee

Hey, parent(s) of #CatsOfLitsy, did you know that this is who you are? I sure didn't! 💙🐱💙

rubyslippersreads I knew. I come from a family of ailurophilea. 😸 2d
IndoorDame I did not! That‘s awesome! Thanks! ❤️😽 2d
dabbe @rubyslippersreads 🖤🐾🖤 1d
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dabbe @IndoorDame 🖤🐾🖤 1d
Jari-chan Good to know! Thanks for sharing 😸 14h
dabbe @Jari-chan 🖤🐾🖤 13h
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CBee
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Immediately thought of “squint,” and apparently it‘s a similar meaning 😀 Plus a cool architectural thingy. Enjoy ☺️☺️ #weirdwords #weirdwordwednesday

CatLass007 Thanks! I want you to know that I always share these with my youngest nephew (18!!?) who enjoys learning new words. 2d
CBee @CatLass007 that makes me very happy 😊♥️ 2d
CatLass007 Me too! Except for the fact that he‘s not a baby anymore.👶 2d
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TieDyeDude Not quite the same thing, but my first thought seeing this was the Grand Central Terminal “Whispering Gallery“ https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/grand-central-terminal-whispering-gallery 2d
dabbe Who knew there was a word for that? And such a fun one to say out loud! 🤩🤗😀 2d
Amiable Ooh, that's a good one! 2d
CBee @CatLass007 they really do grow up way too fast 😳 1d
CBee @TieDyeDude that is the coolest - thanks for sharing 🤗 1d
CatLass007 😱 1d
CBee @dabbe I think I‘ll use squinch rather than squint from now on, just for fun. And to confuse people 😀😂 1d
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BethM
Vocabulary 4000 | Jeff Kolby
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1- not unusual here but I regularly get a hard time for my vocabulary 😂 I once argued with my supervisor about the correct use of tumultuous 🤷‍♀️
2- all of Game of Thrones or HP 😂
#two4tuesday @TheSpineView

TheSpineView Thanks for playing!🌞 2d
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dabbe
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#WeirdWordWednesday #weirdwords @CBee

To be fair, I think we also need to add polyHERSter and polyTHEIRSter to the dictionary. 😀

CBee I agree 💯 2w
dabbe @CBee 💙🩵💙 2w
Jari-chan Yes! 👏 2w
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lil1inblue
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CBee Oh wow! News to me 😊😊 2w
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CBee
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Oh, I took a deep-ish dive with this one and learned so much already! These are only the most common examples - enjoy! If anyone else wants to be tagged, let me know 🤓♥️ #weirdwordwednesday #weirdwords

mandarchy Having grown up in a logging community, I was expecting something completely different 😂🌲🦉 2w
CBee @mandarchy omg 😂😂😂😂 2w
AmyG @mandarchy Ha! It‘s someone‘s birthday…send a logogram!!! 🪵 2w
CBee @AmyG 😂😂😂😂 2w
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TheBookHippie
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"Bei Mir Bistu Shein" (Yiddish: בײַ מיר ביסטו שעהן, or Yiddish: בײַ מיר ביסטו שיין)

“To Me You're Beautiful"

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? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvxkomTYkfM

kspenmoll Thanks for the link! 3w
AmyG My Grandma loved this song. 3w
TheBookHippie @AmyG Mine too. She danced to it 🙃 3w
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AmyG Yes! Mine, too. 3w
julieclair Does anyone even know how to sing like that anymore? 3w
TheBookHippie @julieclair Actually yes, Jazz Clubs I‘ve heard some good stuff. Post Modern Jukebox comes close. It‘s lovely isn‘t it? 3w
julieclair So, you just sent me scurrying to Spotify. I‘d never heard of Postmodern Jukebox. Oh my! Their cover of Jolene is unbelievable! Gut wrenching. I‘m an instant fan! 3w
TheBookHippie @julieclair 😊🎶😊 3w
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peanutnine
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#WeirdWordWednesday @CBee
This is one I figured out from context clues but I enjoy the definition - "a violent expression"

CBee Great word!! 3w
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lil1inblue
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I did not know until I discovered this word, but I am a morgenmuffel. 🤣

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psalva Same 😩 3w
KadaGul @lil1inblue I think 🤔 majority of us are. #Donttalktomeinthemorning (edited) 3w
BookmarkTavern LOLOLOL Yup. 3w
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Bookwomble 😄 3w
julesG My daughter asked me yesterday what a Morgenmuffel is and if anyone ever uses it in German these days. She insisted no one was using it anymore. 😈 When she was her non-cheerfullest this morning (teenagers, I get it, but still), I couldn't hold back and called her a Morgenmuffel. 😁😁 3w
CBee Me too 100% 😂😂 3w
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CBee
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Thank you, Percival Everett, for introducing me to this word (and plenty of others, it was actually hard to choose 🤩). Here‘s a Wiki about fescennine verse - so interesting: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fescennine_Verses 🤓 #weirdwords #weirdwordwednesday

CatLass007 😮 3w
lil1inblue Wow! That is fascinating. 3w
dabbe Beautiful word! 🤗😀🤩 3w
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Amiable This made me LOL. When my kids were younger, my oldest son asked me what a word meant because he was too lazy to look it up. This is how that conversation went: Son: “What does ‘salacious‘ mean?” Me: “Licentious.” Son: “What? What the heck does ‘licentious‘ mean?” Me: “Prurient.” Son: (throwing his arms into the air and stomping away) “Why can‘t I have normal parents instead of being forced to live with a human thesaurus?” 🙄😄 (edited) 3w
CBee @Amiable 😂😂😂😂 that is the BEST 3w
Amiable @CBee I was like, “don‘t ask the question if you don‘t want to hear the answer!” 😀 3w
CBee @Amiable it‘s reminding me of my son - I have a habit of making everything into a song and he‘s like “mom, why do you have to do that” 😂😂😂 (cause it‘s fun lol) 3w
Amiable @CBee Because embarrassing our kids is our right and our privilege! 😁 3w
CBee @Amiable but of course! 😊😊😂😂 3w
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