I'm sure many people have had the experience of learning a new word or a new fact and then almost immediately seeing this word everywhere or seeing the fact referenced everywhere simply because you have suddenly become aware of the word. For example, yesterday I was editing references for a technical paper and one of the authors was named Sugarbaker. I thought it was an odd name I had never heard before. The last night I picked up a mystery written in the 1980s by Susan Dunlop, and one of her characters was named Sugarbaker. I know this kind of happening is a coincidence, but I think once in the long, dark past I knew another specific word for this kind of information coincidence. Anyone know what it is? Its driving me crazy trying to remember.
Oh yes, and what do you call the green strip of grass between the sidewalk and the street? My husband calls it the tree lawn (He's from New York City). My friends who grew up in Missouri call it the verge, but I am absolutely positive I once knew a very specific word for this strip of grass. Senility, I suppose, is coming in on little cats' feet.
Oh yes, and what do you call the green strip of grass between the sidewalk and the street? My husband calls it the tree lawn (He's from New York City). My friends who grew up in Missouri call it the verge, but I am absolutely positive I once knew a very specific word for this strip of grass. Senility, I suppose, is coming in on little cats' feet.
