Tag Archive for: weird words

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What is the Glabella and why is it important?

Jenie Yolland, November 1, 2022, Uncategorized, art, bindi, Chinese culture, dehydration, etymology, eye brows, eyebrows, facial makeup, Frida, Frida Kahlo, glabella, hindu, Huadian, india, Indian culture, skin, weird words, 0

What is the Glabella, and why is it important? Well, there are so many interesting weird words that I...

A picture of Maria from The Sound of Music with her arms open with mountains in the background.

The Weird Word for today is Flibbertigibbet

Jenie Yolland, September 22, 2022, Uncategorized, etymology, flibbertigibbet, flibbertijibbert, King Lear, maria, old english, Sir Walter Scott, sound of music, Von Trap, weird words, william shakespeare, Wonderful words, words, 0

Flibbertigibbet. This is another fun – albeit weird and wonderful – word! I simply love it. Flibbertigibbet apparently refers...

A floor cushion with a design on its front of three eucalyptus leaves that were originally painted in watercolours by Jenie Yolland The floor cushion is available from her Redbubble shop.

What on earth is Celadon?

Jenie Yolland, September 20, 2022, Uncategorized, Arizona, celadon, clay, colour research, design, fused glass, glass art, glass slumping, greenware, mixing paints, oil paints, pantone, pottery, redbubble, RGB colors, Syria, unusual, Vietnam, watercolours, weird words, 0

Sometimes gorgeous colours we have been using for ages just disappear and aren’t available any more. Boo! But sometimes...