Jesus year
n.— «The show leaps at you—at 12:35 a.m., an ungodly hour for anyone past their Jesus year, age 33.» —“Late Night Raises The Burr” by Hank Stuever in L.A. Washington Post Mar. 14, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
The mascot for Horace Mann Elementary School in Washington, D.C. is a centaur, that mythological creature that’s half-man, half-equine. Say the name of the school several times quickly, and you’ll see why. This is part of a complete...
Many of us struggled with the Old English poem “Beowulf” in high school. But what if you could actually hear “Beowulf” in the English of today? There’s a new translation by Maria Dahvana Headley that uses contemporary...