Twanging and Twickling with the World’s Best Worm Charmers
Action from the World Worm Charming Championships (Photo courtesy Mike Forster)
The sport of worm charming is admittedly obscure. But its 18 rules have been translated into more than 20 languages. And the techniques its participants use to coax worms to the earth’s surface have resulted in some great additions to the English language: twanging, twickling and twacking.
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