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Jami's avatar

“ghul, a grave-robbing, corpse-eating demon.“

This definitely makes the Nazgûl much more sinister in my imagination!

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Loren Warnemuende's avatar

“Bone house” reminds me of my friend’s five-year-old daughter who has recently declared she is afraid of “bone people.” Her mom thinks she means skeletons, but somehow has landed on “bone people,” which for some reason sounds significantly creepier.

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Jonathan Rogers's avatar

Hilarious!

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Bammerhab's avatar

This is scary good.

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Zane Paxton's avatar

I cannot wait for some awkward small talk conversations the next few days. Thank you!

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Deborah A.M. Phillips's avatar

I won’t be going to any parties this week but thanks for the spooky word histories Jonathan.

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