I just learned a new word! Apotropaic.
Intended to ward off evil: an apotropaic symbol.
You see, I was just given a Hand of Fatima as a gift, and the explanatory material enclosed described it as an apotropaic amulet.
So. Pretty gift. New word. What more can a girl want?
Nice present. But I’d rather have a headless vole.
That is as context-free as anything that has been said to me in the past two weeks. And since I live with Arthur, that’s saying something.
At the risk of ruining your bemusement, context (such as it is) is here.
Thanks, Tom.