dyscallignia
n. the dislike of beautiful women
Language
A Universal Solution
In 1965, Dmitri Borgmann noted that this expression:
11 + 2 – 1 = 12
… is valid also when interpreted as a set of characters:
11 “+ 2” = 112; 112 “- 1” = 12
… as a set of Roman numerals:
XI + II = XIII; XIII – I = XII
… and even as a set of letters:
ELEVEN + TWO = ELEVENTWO
ELEVENTWO – ONE = LEVETW (= TWELVE)
A Pretty Symmetry
GOLDENROD-ADORNED LOG is a palindrome.
Square Deal
In 1994, Leonard Gordon showed that all 37 presidential surnames to date can fit into a 22 × 18 rectangle:
Inventory
In this sentence there are sixteen words, eighty-one letters, one hyphen, four commas, and one period.
Letter Shift
In a Word
apodyopsis
n. the act of imagining a person naked
What’s In a Name?
PIET MONDRIAN is an anagram of I PAINT MODERN.
In a Word
shunpike
n. a side road taken to avoid turnpike tolls or traffic
(Thanks, David.)
In a Word
martext
n. a blundering preacher