In a word...
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Sometimes the right word is all you need to make sense of the situation.
Obsimath
...(n.) a person who begins learning later in life
...(n.) a person who begins learning later in life
November 8, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Obsimath
...(n.) a person who begins learning later in life
...(n.) a person who begins learning later in life
brumous
...very foggy or misty
"The skies are brumous, silver-gray,
And haunt the world with soft delay." -George Sterling
...very foggy or misty
"The skies are brumous, silver-gray,
And haunt the world with soft delay." -George Sterling
March 16, 2025 at 12:02 PM
brumous
...very foggy or misty
"The skies are brumous, silver-gray,
And haunt the world with soft delay." -George Sterling
...very foggy or misty
"The skies are brumous, silver-gray,
And haunt the world with soft delay." -George Sterling
Phantasmagoria
...a constantly changing sequence of lights and images that make a scene, like in a dream or nightmare. A hallucination or a mental montage.
Comes from lantern shows depicting ghosts and other optical illusions with lanterns during the Victorian era
...a constantly changing sequence of lights and images that make a scene, like in a dream or nightmare. A hallucination or a mental montage.
Comes from lantern shows depicting ghosts and other optical illusions with lanterns during the Victorian era
March 10, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Phantasmagoria
...a constantly changing sequence of lights and images that make a scene, like in a dream or nightmare. A hallucination or a mental montage.
Comes from lantern shows depicting ghosts and other optical illusions with lanterns during the Victorian era
...a constantly changing sequence of lights and images that make a scene, like in a dream or nightmare. A hallucination or a mental montage.
Comes from lantern shows depicting ghosts and other optical illusions with lanterns during the Victorian era
Zeitgebers
...environmental or external cues to your body's circadian rhythm; like light, temperature, meal times, etc.
Light is the strongest.
...environmental or external cues to your body's circadian rhythm; like light, temperature, meal times, etc.
Light is the strongest.
March 9, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Zeitgebers
...environmental or external cues to your body's circadian rhythm; like light, temperature, meal times, etc.
Light is the strongest.
...environmental or external cues to your body's circadian rhythm; like light, temperature, meal times, etc.
Light is the strongest.
Peripatetic
...someone who likes to walk from place to place. Someone who travels around, especially for work. Itinerant.
From Greek, for walking up and down the hallways. Refers to Aristotle teaching while walking with his students. He founded the Peripatetic School.
...someone who likes to walk from place to place. Someone who travels around, especially for work. Itinerant.
From Greek, for walking up and down the hallways. Refers to Aristotle teaching while walking with his students. He founded the Peripatetic School.
March 7, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Peripatetic
...someone who likes to walk from place to place. Someone who travels around, especially for work. Itinerant.
From Greek, for walking up and down the hallways. Refers to Aristotle teaching while walking with his students. He founded the Peripatetic School.
...someone who likes to walk from place to place. Someone who travels around, especially for work. Itinerant.
From Greek, for walking up and down the hallways. Refers to Aristotle teaching while walking with his students. He founded the Peripatetic School.
World Obesity Day and World Pancake Day align today.
it's an international dilemma.
it's an international dilemma.
March 4, 2025 at 11:02 AM
World Obesity Day and World Pancake Day align today.
it's an international dilemma.
it's an international dilemma.
Ruderal
...a type of plant that starts to grow in places humans have taken over, like sidewalk cracks, or after distasters like forest fires and volcanic eruptions.
It feels like a nice metaphor for hope
...a type of plant that starts to grow in places humans have taken over, like sidewalk cracks, or after distasters like forest fires and volcanic eruptions.
It feels like a nice metaphor for hope
February 18, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Ruderal
...a type of plant that starts to grow in places humans have taken over, like sidewalk cracks, or after distasters like forest fires and volcanic eruptions.
It feels like a nice metaphor for hope
...a type of plant that starts to grow in places humans have taken over, like sidewalk cracks, or after distasters like forest fires and volcanic eruptions.
It feels like a nice metaphor for hope
People who refuse to learn history repeat it
January 18, 2025 at 11:59 AM
People who refuse to learn history repeat it
Denialist
...a person who does not acknowledge the truth despite overwhelming evidence
Increased use of the word lately...
...a person who does not acknowledge the truth despite overwhelming evidence
Increased use of the word lately...
January 14, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Denialist
...a person who does not acknowledge the truth despite overwhelming evidence
Increased use of the word lately...
...a person who does not acknowledge the truth despite overwhelming evidence
Increased use of the word lately...
A reminder to all of us how to react when people try to shame others...
December 19, 2024 at 11:08 AM
A reminder to all of us how to react when people try to shame others...