Thinky Words

Love words from Shakespeare, JRR Tolkien or other literary sources? Thinky Words is your game!

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Any Lord of the Rings fans out there? Let’s take a spin through words JRR Tolkien used to describe Middle-earth.

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A group of otters is called a romp.

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MAMIHLAPINATAPAI (Yaghan) - a shared look between two people, where they both want the other to initiate something that they both desire, but which neither wants to begin.

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Thinky word of the day

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Word of the day: GLUGGAVEÐUR (Icelandic) - Weather that looks lovely from inside your house, but is horrible to be outside in. Literally 'window-weather'.

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Thinky word of the day

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Word of the day: MATUTOLYPEA – grumpy first thing in the morning.

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Prove your mettle on #WorldBookDay2018

What’s the definition of Anagnorisis?

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Thinky Word of the day

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Ninguid is a lovely 17th century word meaning snowy or covered in snow.

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Word of the day: VRANYO (Russian) - the lies that you tell with a straight face, even though both you and your audience know you're lying

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A group of panda is called an ‘embarrassment’, possibly because they are notoriously solitary animals.

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Anyone who thinks the pen is mightier than the sword has not been stabbed with both. LEMONY SNICKET

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LOGANAMNOSIS is the obsession with finding a specific word you've forgotten.

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Galeanthropy is the belief that you have become a cat.

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CACOZELIA - using foreign words in conversation to appear more cultured than you are.

Speaking of which, tonight’s brand new #QI is all about Overseas, and stars the internationally renowned @sanditoksvig, @alandavies1, @BillBailey, @TheColinLane and @destheray. @BBCTwo, 10pm.

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Word of the day: MALNEIROPHRENIA - a bad mood resulting from a bad night's sleep or a nightmare.

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When my love swears that she is made of truth,
I do believe her, though I know she lies,
That she might think me some untutor’d youth,
Unlearned in the world’s false subtilties.

#ShakespeareSunday

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Just another Friday? Shake it up with a spin through Thinky and Literary word packs

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Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read.- GROUCHO MARX

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Watch an entire solo match played with the #Shakespeare word pack.

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