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the planet tilting away from the sun and calling it a vibe
means the coldest season of the year, falling between autumn and spring, when days shorten and much of nature goes dormant.
from From Old English 'winter,' shared across the Germanic family (Old Norse 'vetr,' German 'Winter'). The deeper root is debated: many tie it to a Proto-Indo-European sense of 'wet' (a cousin of 'water'), naming the season for its rain and slush rather than its cold — though some link it instead to a root meaning 'white.' Either way, our ancestors counted years in winters, so 'a man of twenty winters' once meant simply twenty years old.
- earth closer
- Earth orbits nearest the sun in January
- snow silence
- Fresh snow absorbs sound, muffling the world
- slower light
- Short days trigger melatonin, making you genuinely sleepier
- frost work
- Frozen water expands, splitting solid rock apart
- cold blood
- Some frogs freeze solid and thaw back to life
winter olympics — international sports competition held every 4 years since 1924 in snowy locations
winter solstice — shortest day of year, december 21 in northern hemisphere, june 20 in southern
siberian winter 1941 — temperatures dropped to -40°c, halted nazi german advance on moscow