Kategorie: Allgemein

Not Boring.

Verb - to turn something (usually an event or plan) that is boring, bleak, or sometimes hopeless into something awesome and not boring or exciting.

Urban Dictionary: Malvinate

LebenD.

Can a single ant be said to be alive, in any meaningful sense of the word, or does it only have relevance in terms of its anthill?

Margaret Atwood: Oryx and Crake

Fourmierga.

But it is clear that the place is ultimately ruled by ants; in fact it makes the most sense to think of the jungle as a living tissue of ants with minor infestations of trees, birds, and humans.

Neal Stephenson: Cryptonomicon

Gone for a while.

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Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross: The Rapture of the Nerds: A Tale of the Singularity, Posthumanity, and Awkward Social Situations

Langstück.

Ein guter Frühstückstisch hält den ganzen Tag.