Archive for August 13th, 2024

The Word for Forgetting a Word, and Other Words, If You Can Remember Them

Sometimes you search for the word you want, and it's right there on the tip of your tongue, but you can't reach it for some reason. Sometimes you remember the word you want after the conversation has moved on, or maybe y...

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The Traditional Cathartic Rite of Burning Zozobra

Throughout human history, we have vented our anger and frustration over bad luck and injustices by destroying something or someone who has nothing to do with it. That is how the word "scapegoat" came about. The catharsis...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/08/13/The-Traditional-Cathartic-Rite-of-Burning-Zozobra/

The Ups and Downs of Having a Fever

Someone once explained the old adage "starve a cold, feed a fever" to me as meaning that if a person with a cold doesn't feel like eating, don't make them eat. They need to rest. But if they have a fever, make them warme...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/08/13/The-Ups-and-Downs-of-Having-a-Fever/
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