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An article I was reading mentioned someone going down a “Primrose Path.” That's not a term we read or hear much anymore as metaphors drift in and out of our slanguage. It piqued (and peaked) my curiosity so the Graduate Intern and I decided to chase it to its origin.
I commented to the CEO “This has all the earmarks of a beautiful day.” She duly noted that and went on to doing CEO stuff. I, however, paused and thought “That term, earmark, appears to have nothing to do with a weather forecast. Where did it come from?”
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We were seated there enjoying our coffees (none for the intern) when a friend from my prior place of gainful employment happened by. After a few moments of conversation with the intern, he said to me “Jim, I found a word that you might find curious. Do you know what 'poronkusema' means?”