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microcosm - Word of the Day - Tue Feb 7, 2023

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microcosm - (noun) - 1: a little world; especially: humanity seen as an epitome of the world or the universe; 2: a community or other unity that is an epitome of a large unity

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It's a Small World After All is not really a microcosm for anything.

 

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drpaladin

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From mikros cosmos (little world) in Greek to microcosmus in Latin.

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Carlos Hazday

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Thanks for the fricking earbug Myr! That damn tune haunted me when I worked as a tour guide while in college. I was on that ride every week for the entire summer. Not my favorite!

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6 hours ago, Carlos Hazday said:

Thanks for the fricking earbug Myr! That damn tune haunted me when I worked as a tour guide while in college. I was on that ride every week for the entire summer. Not my favorite!

I loved it! 

Then again, I was eight at the time, so there’s that. :D 

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Gay Authors is a microcosm of the larger LGBTQ+ community.  

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7 hours ago, Carlos Hazday said:

Thanks for the fricking earbug Myr! That damn tune haunted me when I worked as a tour guide while in college. I was on that ride every week for the entire summer. Not my favorite!

And before the day of noise canceling earbuds.

Do you ever get flashbacks?

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