Archive for January 27, 2006

mile

Somehow it never occurred to me before (unless I've forgotten) to wonder about the etymology of the word "mile." In Adam Roberts's novel On, there's a moment when a character...

numeeja

[...] and remember the heady days when numeeja was all the rage. --Boo.com dusts down website for June relaunch, The Register, 24 January 2006 Never heard the term before....