A.Word.A.Day--noosphere

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Jan 5, 2012, 11:41:03 AM1/5/12

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"New" words

This week's words
numinous
noosphere

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with Anu Garg

noosphere

PRONUNCIATION:

(NOH-uh-sfeer)

MEANING:

noun: The sum of human knowledge, thought, and culture.

ETYMOLOGY:

From French noösphere, from Greek noos (mind) + sphere. Earliest documented use: 1930.

USAGE:

"This avalanche of information is threatening to swallow us whole, to waste our days and to overwhelm our own thoughts. Essentially, it's the noosphere on steroids."
Frank Bures; Digitized to Distraction; National Post (Canada); Nov 15, 2008.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

I dreamt that my hair was kempt. Then I dreamt that my true love unkempt it. -Ogden Nash, poet (1902-1971)