TagEclipse

Smile Belt

The only time you’ll ever see the sun’s outer atmosphere is during a full solar eclipse, when sun itself is completely covered. That hazy ring is called the corona, from the Latin word for “crown” — just like the little crown...

2017 Words of the Year

Grant reviews notable words and phrases from 2017. One is path of totality, meaning the part of the earth completely covered in shadow when the moon blocks the sun. Another is milkshake duck, which arose from a tweet by Australian cartoonist Ben...

bucket of suck

bucket of suck  n.— «The new Eclipse is a big bucket of suck. Run for the hills. No More AWD, no more Turbo. It’s basically a differently styled Galant.» —“Re: New Mitsubishi?” by Keith Casey Usenet: rec.autos...