Time Got So Much Weirder. The World Needs a New Lexicon

I propose some brand-new terminology.Demic: The period of a pandemic; split into waves, which are more split into prepanic and panic.” Loopmas: A season of good cheer surrounding the arbitrarily set up release of new Apple hardware. The duration previously known as Friday night to Sunday morning is good-binge, and the period previously understood as Sunday early morning to Monday morning is sad-binge.” Lightmode/darkmode: The brand-new “day” and “night,” however no longer tied to the 24-hour solar cycle.” Pushings: Improvement over “hour”; it increments whenever a new notification or upgrade is pushed to your phone.

I propose some new terminology.Demic: The duration of a pandemic; split into waves, which are more split into prepanic and panic.” Loopmas: A season of great cheer surrounding the arbitrarily set up release of brand-new Apple hardware.” Lightmode/darkmode: The new “day” and “night,” however no longer tied to the 24-hour solar cycle.