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the urge that built civilizations and then made them invent vacation days.
means To wander freely over a wide area without a fixed destination or route.
from From Old English ramian, 'to wander,' with cousins across the Germanic family. There's a charming old folk story that it comes from medieval pilgrims journeying to Rome — Roma — but scholars don't buy it: the word was roaming around English long before that connection could plausibly form, and the resemblance is coincidence, not ancestry.
- word origin
- Possibly from medieval pilgrims wandering toward Rome
- animal masters
- Arctic terns roam pole to pole yearly
- phone irony
- Roaming charges punish you for actually roaming
- genetic itch
- DRD4-7R gene links to wanderlust in humans
- buffalo myth
- Bison rarely roamed far despite the famous song
for instance
roam research — note-taking app founded 2020 that lets users create interconnected notes
roaming charges — mobile phone fees when traveling abroad, typically $2-10 per mb depending on carrier