Chances are you recognize the expressions Judgment Day and root of all evil as phrases from the Bible. There are many others, such as the powers that be and bottomless pit, which both first appeared in scripture. • There’s a term for when the...
After crossing the International Date Line, Alison from Riverside, California, wonders if there’s a word for losing an entire day when traveling between time zones. We suggest déjà noon and groundhogging, and offer a little ditty about time:...
raveling n.— «In some places, air pockets between the soil, rocks and other debris have created a crumbling effect, a process called “dry raveling” that could have played a role in the weekend death of a teenage hiker...