cyberselfish: Paulina Borsook’s 2000 book about the libertarian, uncharitable culture of high tech is back in print after a reevaluation of its foresight
the full english: breaches of British etiquette no one will ever call you out for transgressing—via Nag on the Lake
el niรฑo: the coming weather pattern, climatologist predict, will be the most powerful in recorded history
familect: jargon and running-jokes only understood within one’s extended household—what are some of your examples?
i want an explanation—why is there a child on the bridge: the series finale of the 80s sitcom Webster had a cross-over with Star Trek: TNG—see also
artist’s bigature: Grace Baldwin’s larger-than-life junk drawer
deliquesce: of a solid structure or lattice, to melt or dissolve by absorbing moisture from the atmosphere—like exposed salts or wilting mushrooms
nor’easter: powerful, unseasonably early storm slams eastern seaboard
symphonie magnรฉtophonique: a profile of Else Marie Pade, the first Danish composer of electronic and concrete music
