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the sound of a thousand tiny wings deciding your afternoon for you
means A low, continuous humming or vibrating sound, or by extension a feeling of excited activity, mild intoxication, or a quick phone call or message.
from An echoic word — that is, one born from imitation of the sound itself, the lips and tongue mimicking the drone of a fly or bee. English has carried it since at least the 1500s, and like its cousins 'hum' and 'fizz,' it was simply the noise made into a word. The modern senses bloomed outward: the 'buzz' of excitement (the room sounds like a hive), the alcoholic 'buzz' (your head softly droning), and to 'buzz someone' (once a buzzer or intercom, now a quick ping).
- wingbeat origin
- Bees buzz from beating wings 200+ times a second
- hearing buzz
- Tinnitus phantom buzz affects 1 in 10 adults
- caffeine buzz
- Effects hit your brain within 15 minutes
- buzzer beater
- The term predates basketball, born from electric alarms
- buzzwords
- Coined in 1940s by overwhelmed college students
buzz aldrin — astronaut who said 'beautiful view' on the moon, july 20 1969
buzz lightyear — pixar character in toy story films since 1995