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An airport is an air-port. A port via the air.
(lemmy.world)
A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:
If you made it this far, showerthoughts is accepting new mods. This community is generally tame so its not a lot of work, but having a few more mods would help reports get addressed a little sooner.
Whats it like to be a mod? Reports just show up as messages in your Lemmy inbox, and if a different mod has already addressed the report, the message goes away and you never worry about it.
Then the word alphabet comes from alpha and beta, the first two letters of the Greek writing system.
If we had gotten the word directly from the Phoenicians, we might probably call it alephbeth instead.
Just a couple of nights ago it hit me that the word geometry comes from Geo: Earth and metron: measure.
Etymologies can suddenly snap into focus things that have been right there in front of our eyes all our lives, but never thought to notice.
Algebra is an Arabic word. Al-gebra. Presummably it translates to "The Pain"
You are going to hate Trigonometry and Calculus
I've never felt more like the smartest dumbass for realizing one on my own.