Word of the Day
aberration
noun
the act of departing from the right, normal, or usual course.
More about aberration
The English noun aberration has wandered far from its Latin original. Cicero (106-43 b.c.) is the first (and only) Latin author to use the noun aberrātiō “distraction, diversion, relief (from pain or sorrow).” Aberrātiō is a derivative of the verb aberrāre “to divert, forget for a time; to wander off, go astray, deviate.” Aberration entered English in the 16th century.
how is aberration used?
They don’t want to believe that the United States is opposed to action on global warming. They’d rather see the Trump administration as an aberration.
I had never fought or thrown a punch at anyone. It was an aberration to my father, and he had instilled in me this idea of physical violence as an aberration.
ufology
noun
the study of unidentified flying objects.
More about ufology
Ufology was first recorded in 1955-60.
how is ufology used?
The First International Congress on the U.F.O. Phenomenon, which ended here yesterday, brought the two groups uncomfortably together, and, after a week of heated debate, a single theory of ufology seemed further away tha[n] ever.
The history of ufology shows the complex psychology of fringe beliefs.
goldilocks
adjective
(usually initial capital letter) not being extreme or not varying drastically between extremes, especially between hot and cold: a Goldilocks economy that is neither overheated nor too cold to cause arecession; a goldilocks planet such as Earth.
More about goldilocks
Little new or unknown can be said about Goldilocks, but in the late 1980s astronomers began using the phrases Goldilocks planet or Goldilocks zone for planets in our solar system exoplanets that are not too hot, not too cold for supporting life (as we know it on earth).
how is goldilocks used?
For future generations to realize the search for distant “Goldilocks planets,” this generation must work harder to protect our own.
Short-story collections prove to be a solution to folks who are “too busy to read” or are trying to find a way to break up a monotonous commute becoming the “just right” in a Goldilocks situation.