Illuminating illustrations of unusual words

Illuminating illustrations of unusual words

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Biblioclasm: The practice of destroying, often ceremoniously, books or other written material and media.

Learning new vocabulary doesn’t have to mean endless hours of memorizing lists, especially when those unusual words are subjected to the clever hand of Project Twins, whose work was exhibited last year at the MadArt Gallery Dublin.

If only we could sit through the SAT all over again.

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Cacodemonomania: The pathological belief that one is inhabited by an evil spirit.

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Acersecomic: A person whose hair has never been cut.

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Jettatura: The casting of an evil eye.

Full story at Brain Pickings.

The art of language.


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