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Word Love

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In her interview in Psychology Today(not online), Erin McKean author of three volumes of Weird and Wonderful Words, shares one of her favorite words: Kurdaitcha.

“It’s an Australian word for a malignant supernatural being that is taken from the word for the shoes you have to wear to keep this thing away from you. The shoes are made from the feathers of an emu stuck together with human blood….I don’t think you can ever go shoe shopping the same way again.”

If you need to scratch your word-loving itch further check out some of these great blog posts:

poodlecapades
A parsimonious podcast. Okay, its a great podcast about the word parsimonious.
Repentance Speech Event

Or check out the Zimmer’s Words of the Week in the right hand column.

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