– Look, it’s a monkey!
– Come on, it’s a squirrel eating an apple…
– Oh! Isn’t that the map of Africa?
– Ummm..okay..it seems so….
You can resonate with such a conversation if you ever have enjoyed the hobby of watching and finding shapes in the clouds above. Perhaps, it is the cheapest hobby humankind has ever invented. I used to enjoy it a lot as a child. Even I found out a few years back, that, the hobby has a name as well. It’s called Nephelococcygia. Yes, yes, I know it sounds a bit difficult and, you are supposed to see a poker-face if you ever ask anyone if they have any interest in nephelococcygia, but, well….that’s that.
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I used to do this a lot as a kid with my father, and now I do it when my daughter is around (she sees most of the things I see)
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The game “do you see, what I see” ? 😀 That was a fungame indeed…played a lot… 🙂
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Interesting term.
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Indeed…
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You just taught us a new word, one that we can actually use. 🙂
Thank you. 🙂
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Nice to know you loved the word, a difficult one, but fun to use 😀 Thank you…
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So interesting, I love to nephelococcygia 😀 Never knew about this, dear Mani, thanks for enriching my knowledge.
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You are welcome, dear… 🙂
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Hi, though the word is complicated, the hobby is the best. I used to enjoy it as a child, now my daughter does too. Thanks for naming our hobby!!
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Same here, my son enjoys it as well 🙂
Thanks so much for dropping by..welcome to my blog… 🙂
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Rhymes with nostalgia 🙂 A beautiful word, thanks to you, has gone into my small collection of words.
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Yes, an unusual word. Thanks for dropping by, Pranju… 🙂
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Oh wow! I loved the term. A very interesting post Maniparna with some stunning pictures 🙂
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Thanks, Purba…glad you liked the pictures… 🙂
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Interesting..
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It is… 🙂
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True it is that it is the cheapest hobbie human beings have invented !!!
Thabks for sharing ‘Nephelococcygia ‘
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Yes, and almost all of us enjoy this hobby…:-) Thanks, Shraddha…
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Maniparna Di, i have the habit to some extent but i did now know the name, good to her that its also has a name. but i will not be able to ask anyone about it mentioning the name because ….only my tongue and lips will move and the listener will understand nothing…..whats the pronunciation?
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Hahaha…here you go, the pronunciation…
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Beautifully captured! A good word for the spell bees too!!
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Yes, a difficult word as well…:-) Thank you…
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A new word for me too… but definitely a wonderful time pass. 🙂
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It really is… 🙂
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I love cloud watching and catching shapes in them too. As it appears many more here do.. But I had not heard the word Nephelococcygia, 🙂
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Yes, I love watching clouds with my kid as well…but the name is really a difficult one… 😀
Thanks, Sue, for dropping by… 🙂
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It was a new one on me 🙂 lol xxx
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Hey i have an obsession about clouds and moon , i will share it with you soon from the Adobe of clouds .. 🙂
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Great… I’ am looking forward to your post… 🙂
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so dramatic and beautiful 🙂
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Thanks a lot… 🙂
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Wow…that was quite informative!!!
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Thanks… 🙂
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Have always loved, admired, cherished those wanderers of land thither – nothing but change remains constant – this is the first thing I learnt from clouds.
Never did I venture to check whether this is considered a hobby, leave apart the name part of it! Thanks a lot indeed!
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A very wise deduction indeed, only the change is constant in life…:-) I came to know of the name by chance though, while searching through internet…glad you find it enjoyable. Thanks a lot to you too for stopping by… 🙂
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You always learn something new. I did not know the word Nephelococcygia, so I added to my vocabulary. The photo is beautiful. 🙂
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Thank you so much. Glad to know that you liked the pictures…. 🙂
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Such a wonderful pastime, just letting the imagination play with the clouds and whiling away some time just doing nothing but relaxing. It’s a noble hobby.
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Yes, I always think so…a wonderful way to get familiar with the nature… 🙂
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Now I know what to call it when I stare at the clouds…beautiful pics Maniparna:-)
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Thank you, Amit… 🙂
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😊
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I had no idea there was a name for that hobby! The photos are wonderful 🙂
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Thanks so much… 🙂
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Oh I love watching clouds. Their shapes are quite astonishing 🙂
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Yes, I find them really fascinating… 🙂
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We sometimes played the game of looking for shapes in clouds, but we never had a special name for it. In the picture with your post, I saw a squirrel eating a map of Africa and a monkey using an Apple to send email. 🙂
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Hahaha…whenever we were to find shapes in the clouds, my sister used to come up with weird ideas. It was real fun… 🙂 Thank you so much for stopping by…
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Your very welcome. I enjoyed the post because I remembered playing the same game. 🙂
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🙂 …
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Nephelococcygia.. Has nothing similar to clouds Mani.. 😊 I lvvv watching them and trying to sport paintings up there ..
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I love cloud watching too. Don’t know why they have coined such a strange, strong, word for a simple hobby!
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I love the pictures and cloud watching!
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Thank you, Lynn… 🙂
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most welcome dear
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Nephelococcygia — love the word. Now thanks to your post, I can tell people the name of my hobby. I can’t wait to see their reaction. 🙂 😛
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Haha..yes, the reaction would be a thing to look out for… 😀 Thanks, Kiran…
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Ahh! A new word for me – now I have to try and slip that in to a conversation 🙂 Thanks Maniparna
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You are welcome, Andy. 🙂
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I love this new celestial word — a puzzle in the sky to be solved. 🙂
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Beautiful poem about what the mind conjures. People used to look at my bone marrow and see Santa Claus.
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Great name for it. I hadn’t done it in years I loved doing it as a kid
Have a great day Maniparna
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Sounds like a tongue-twister. 😛 I can never stop finding shapes in the clouds or the old walls with distorted paints. Such a stress-buster they are.
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Yeah… the old walls with chipped off paints 😀 They also are a great source of imagination. Thanks, Swati, for chiming in… 🙂
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Definitely a tongue twister and a word I’ve not come across before. Cloud watching – hmm definitely far cheaper than the entertainment we have to pay for these days for our children😀
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Yes, cheap and sweet 😀 I just accidentally discovered the word and noted it down. It’s difficult to remember…
Thanks a lot, Chevy, for stopping by… 🙂
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I didn’t know that term existed… I wish it was prettier 😛
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Hehe..same here. How come such a sweet hobby could have a name like this…
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New word learnt, only to forget it soon. 😛
Nice pictures btw 🙂
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You don’t need such a word in everyday life…:-P Forget it… 😀
Thank you so much. Coming from a photographer, it means a lot… 🙂
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Never knew that old, child-time, cloud-watching game had a tongue-twisting name: Nephelococcygia! Thanks for this word. 🙂
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Hahaha…a tongue-twister, really! I failed to pronounce it and had to google again to learn the pronunciation… 😀
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I do this so very frequently and it is a great stress buster…of course without knowing the word for the same…:)
I had posted a similar idea…read it at your leisure…http://specs-buffy.blogspot.in/2013/07/blog-post.html
and this…
http://specs-buffy.blogspot.in/2014/12/blog-post_11.html
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Just read your posts…wonderful they are. Thanks for sharing the links, Sunita… 🙂
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Sorry Maniparna…did not intend to be overbearing or self promoting but just was fascinated by the similarity by thoughts.
Thanks for the lovely feedback
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Oh..never thought in that way! It’s really a pleasure to know a fellow blogger has similar wavelengths… 🙂
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Love watching clouds pass by – lots of dreaming taking place. Have a great day Maniparna!
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Thanks, Terry. Cloud watching makes us imaginative…I love it, too and so my son… 🙂
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Awesome photos.
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Thanks, Rupam… 🙂
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Beautiful pics and beautiful post! I admit that i didn’t know that the word exists for such a common hobby! Thank you for adding one more word to my dictionary.. 🙂
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Thanks. I discovered the word accidentally 😀 never have used it before writing this…
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See how beautifully you used it, now the readers can’t forget the meaning ever!
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Thanks…I hope so… 🙂
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I never actually did much of that myself but my mom used to do it a lot!! 😀 And you for sharing the term, I’ll let her know it got a legit name 🙂
And those are some beautiful shots!! 😀
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Thanks so much..it’s a exceptionally big term… 😀
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Yes and also a tongue twister lol😊
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Hehe… indeed… 😀
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☺☺
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Your nephelococcygia took me all the way to my childhood days, Mani, when one of the favourite pastimes used to be running around seashore and counting waves in the order of their magnitude; thus we ended up arriving at x number of big waves, y mediums and z small ones, and later comparing notes with our counterparts positioned at different places alongside the beach. The one who sighted the largest number of big waves was considered the winner. There was an innocent sense of fair play in this gaming so no one thought of fudging figures. I wonder if there is a word for it; may be ‘wavococcygia’, ‘wavostics’, ‘wavophilia’ are good candidates…
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Counting waves…yes…have tried it a few times when we were on a trip to some seabeach. Indeed, so many sweet experiences and memories are there in our childhood. 🙂
“‘wavococcygia’” sounds great … 😀
Thank you so much for sharing such a sweet memory… 🙂
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Thank you for enriching my vocabulary.
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You are welcome, dear… 🙂
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Thanks Maniparna…You revived the memories. We, as kids, used to lie down in the park and identify various shapes. Wonder, it has a name and a difficult one. I do the same with my Kid now.
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Yes, I do the same with my kid. 🙂 Though, sadly, our children don’t have much leisure time unlike ours…
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Lovely clouds!
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Thank you… 🙂
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Thanks for adding a word to my dictionary but I doubt I’ll ever remember it 😉 but watching clouds pass by is like meditation! Pure and calming…
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Don’t worry, I fail to remember it as well.. 😛 I wrote it down somewhere when I found the word… 😀
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I love looking and daydreaming about clouds and the sky, Maniparna! The best way to do this is to have a blanket and lie down watching all the different ones, changes over time. So much fun to heat children’s imagination at work! 🙂 You presented us with gorgeous examples of the ecrrchanging clouds! ❤
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That sounds so peaceful. These days, I seldom have time to spend a lazy hour. I so wish to get my childhood back… 🙂
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Wow! You research things I can’t even pronounce! 😀
During my brief childhood, my grandfather cultivated this hobby in me. We used to lie on our terrace in Benaras, with cool summer breeze from the mangroves regaling us and tried to make sense of those cosmic caricatures! It was fun!
I’ve always been mesmerized by clouds, overcast skies, stormy winds, torrential rains… in short, all the nature’s extreme eccentricities. Loved those photographs! Wish I was there!
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Haha. It happened like that, someone inquired in an online community as whether this hobby has any name. I googled and bumped into this BIG word..:-D
“Cosmic caricatures”..wow! That’s a great phrase…loved it. Thanks a lot for sharing your experiences… 🙂
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Nephelococcygia – That’s a brand new word for me and a tongue twister at that. 🙂 Lovely pictures Maniparna.
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Thank you, Somali. A tongue-twister it is. Had to google for the correct pronunciation… 😀
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