words, words, wor(l)ds. |
"Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever. The sun rises and the sun sets, and hurries back to where it rises. The wind blows to the south and turns to the north; round and r...
Posted by on Sun, 27 Feb 2005 19:26:00 GMT |
coccyx |
While reading Eugenides' "Middlesex," I had a run-in with the word "coccyx." The coccyx, the little triangle that punctuates the end of your spinal column, inherits its name from its similitude to th...
Posted by on Wed, 19 Jan 2005 11:18:00 GMT |
