Anthropocene
n.— «Considering these and many other major and still growing impacts of human activities on earth and atmosphere, and at all, including global, scales, it seems to us more than appropriate to emphasize the central role of mankind in geology and ecology by proposing to use the term “anthropocene” for the current geological epoch.» —“The ‘Anthropocene’” by Paul J. Crutzen, Eugene F. Stoermer in International Geosphere”“Biosphere Programme Global Change Newsletter (Stockholm, Sweden) May, 2000. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Susan from Eugene, Oregon, remembers school physical education in 1960s California, where teams wore pinnies: colored canvas, apron-like garments, two squares with straps, pulled over the head and tied at the sides. The gym-class term is a clipped...
Dallas, who lives in Eugene, Oregon, wonders why we use number one and number two as euphemisms for “pee” and “poo.” This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Number One and Number Two for Pee and Poo”...