Last night we were out at a bar for our daughter’s birthday talking about the now-famous “AI” robot...
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What is the Glabella and why is it important?
Jenie Yolland, , Uncategorized, art, bindi, Chinese culture, dehydration, etymology, eye brows, eyebrows, facial makeup, Frida, Frida Kahlo, glabella, hindu, Huadian, india, Indian culture, skin, weird words, 0What is the Glabella, and why is it important? Well, there are so many interesting weird words that I...
The Weird Word for today is Flibbertigibbet
Jenie Yolland, , Uncategorized, etymology, flibbertigibbet, flibbertijibbert, King Lear, maria, old english, Sir Walter Scott, sound of music, Von Trap, weird words, william shakespeare, Wonderful words, words, 0Flibbertigibbet. This is another fun – albeit weird and wonderful – word! I simply love it. Flibbertigibbet apparently refers...
What is Gamboge? All about this amazing colour.
Jenie Yolland, , Uncategorized, cambodia, colour, etymology, gamboge, gold, golden, Hook Island, lightfastness, oil paint, paint, Rembrandt, resin, veuve cliquot, watercolor, winsor and newton, yellow, 0What is Gamboge? All about this amazing colour. I didn’t know until I was reading an article about “ridiculous”...