Yesterday I proposed something ridiculous. A neologism around the idea that we shouldn’t call meme to what is, in reality, a Biphufo: big-picture-with-huge-font. What surprised me was the reaction of my kids to this – apparently – ridiculous idea....
One of the greatest cultural revolutions was something so small and simple, nobody even remembers. The space between words. Before the space, all words were together and only scribes were able to understand the written culture passing between generations. But...
Why have we called an animal with the following form … a cat? Why not ”cut”, pronounced as kjuːt where the “u” is voiced as its letter pronunciation, because they’re so…cute, right? I guess nobody knows and the question seems pointless. However, while...
Zyzzyva. This is the last word in the English dictionary. But, what are words for, anyway? According to the Oxford Dictionary, ” A genus of tropical weevils (family Curculionidae) native to South America and typically found on or near palm trees. Also (in form...
One day you may say something completely out of line. You feel ashamed, but it’s done. Once you pronounce those words you can never go back. In physics, we call this irreversibilities. There will always be irreversibilities. In good things, you wish time would...
