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the people who share your blood and therefore your most embarrassing childhood photos
means The members of one's family or extended relatives, considered collectively as people connected by blood or marriage.
from A plain Germanic compound of 'kin' and 'folk,' both old workhorse English words. 'Kin' descends from Old English 'cynn,' meaning family, race, or kind (a cousin of 'kind' itself), while 'folk' comes from Old English 'folc,' meaning people or a host. Bolted together, they make a doubly homey word — relatives and people, said twice for warmth. The form 'kinfolk' (and its plural 'kinfolks') took particular root in American and especially Southern and Appalachian speech, where it carries the cozy weight of porch-sitting clan.
- old roots
- From Old English cynn, meaning family or kind
- magazine fame
- A minimalist lifestyle magazine hijacked the word in 2011
- southern staple
- A beloved fixture of American Southern and Appalachian speech
- folk pairing
- Folk here means people, the same root as folklore
kinfolk magazine — independent print publication founded 2011, focused on slow living and family storytelling
kinfolk gathering — annual conference series started 2013, bringing together readers and creatives in copenhagen and other cities