flash fiction
n.— «In the last class I took the definition of short story was 600 words, which is referred to as “flash fiction.” And we only had to do two of these glorified vignettes by Finals.» —“Toward the Outback” Fourth Dimensional Blog Jan. 4, 2009. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
The words tough, through, and dough all end in O-U-G-H. So why don’t they rhyme? A lively new book addresses the many quirks of English by explaining the history of words and phrases. And: have you ever been in a situation where a group makes...
A flashlight doesn’t flash. It provides a steady beam of light. So why is it called a flashlight? The earliest versions lit up only briefly before the batteries gave out and required a recharge, so they were literally “flash lights...