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 Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 9:08 am
wormhole • WERM-hohl • noun
1 : a hole or passage burrowed by a worm
*2 : a hypothetical structure of space-time envisioned as a long thin tunnel connecting points that are separated in space and time
Example Sentence:
Some science fiction writers speculate that wormholes will become the intergalactic highways of the future.
Did you know?
If you associate "wormhole" with quantum physics and sci-fi, you'll probably be surprised to learn that the word has been around since Shakespeare's day -- although, admittedly, he used it more literally than most modern writers. To Shakespeare, a "wormhole" was simply a hole made by a worm, but even the Bard subtly linked "wormholes" to the passage of time; for example, in The Rape of Lucrece, he notes time's destructive power "to fill with worm-holes stately monuments." To modern astrophysicists, a wormhole isn't a tunnel wrought by a slimy invertebrate, but a theoretical tunnel between two black holes or other points in space-time, providing a shortcut between its end points.
*Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.
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Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 1:00 am
when shakespeare was a boy he would go to the local chapel.
there in a room behind the altar they would keep old bodies that they had unearthed from the churchyard to make room for new burials.
(i know!!)
the lad was deeply impressed with images of mortality there, and also of worms.
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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 6:38 am
Yet today we see that fixation as a bad thing
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