"That's a great deal to make one word mean," Alice said in a thoughtful tone. "When I make a word do a lot of work like that," said Humpty Dumpty, "I always pay it extra."

Monday 7 September 2009

Garbology

 
Garbology is the study of a society by analyzing its garbage.


The primary academic meaning of garbology is the study of refuse and trash. It is an academic discipline and has an outpost at the University of Arizona long directed by William Rathje. The project started in 1973, originating from an idea of two students for a class project.
 

2 comments:

  1. I love dropping by every week or so and collecting all your words, words, words....lovely jubbLY¬

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  2. Um... it wasn't in southern AZ, was it??? Ha!
    When you think about it, there's probably SSSOOO much that can be told about our lives, from garbage!!! Good one!

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