Wonderous Worlds of Words (Page 2)

Let a Small Thing Carry the Love

Three olives can say what a speech never could.

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Bagging Area

Self-checkout: “Unexpected item in bagging area.” The item is your dignity. A man in a red vest is walking over. He

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Coined by Seuss

The earliest known printed use of the word “nerd” is in Dr. Seuss’s 1950 book If I Ran the Zoo, where

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Deus Ex Machina

An unearned, out-of-nowhere rescue.

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Face Down

Dropped your phone face down. The five seconds before you flip it over are the most honest prayer you’ll ever pray.

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Hold My Hand

Sea otters often hold paws while they sleep so they don’t drift apart. Keep your otters close.

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Epistolary

Told through letters or documents.

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Turn It Up

The weird noise your car makes goes away when you turn the radio up. That’s just science.

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Closer to Us

Tyrannosaurus rex lived closer in time to you than to Stegosaurus. About 66 million years separate T. rex from us. About 80

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Enjambment

A line of poetry that runs on into the next.

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Just One

The sample lady said “just one.” You took two. This will come up at the Pearly Gates.

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Final Resting Can

Fredric Baur designed the Pringles can. When he died in 2008, his family buried part of his ashes in one. Original flavor.

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Verisimilitude

The feel of being true or real.

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Splitting Atoms

Season One — Episode 02

Daylight · free opening

The Fuse

Season One — Episode 02

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A Poor Argument for Himself

Season One — Episode 02

After Dark · free opening

The Grave

Season One: Copper and Ozone — Episode 0A

After Dark · free opening

The Second Amendment

We the Creatures · No. II · As Ratified by One Great White Shark Who Has Had Enough

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The Other Boat

Everything You Slept Through in History Class — Season One, Episode 03

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The Milford Unit

Season One — Episode 03

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