EpicentRx Word of the Week (WOW): Hebdomadal

EpicentRx Word of the Week (WOW): Hebdomadal

“Hebdomadal is a literal word of the week.”           Hebdomadal Definition (adjective): 1) happening once a week the meeting occurred hebdomadally; “A little solace came at tea-time, in the shape of a double ration of bread – a whole,...
Fahrenheit 104.51

Fahrenheit 104.51

The esteemed science fiction author, Ray Bradbury, who died in 2012, claimed, perhaps erroneously, as it turns out, in his famous post-apocalyptic novel, Fahrenheit 451, that 451 degrees is the temperature at which book paper catches fire and burns. In the dystopian...
But Wait, There’s More!

But Wait, There’s More!

On a crossword puzzle, we came across this 5-letter clue: “But wait! There’s more!” The answer if you grew up in the ‘80s like we did was immediately evident: Ginsu. Click on the video above to watch the so-bad-it’s-good infomercial for the Ginsu knife that...
KEVLARx: Hit Me With Your Best Shot

KEVLARx: Hit Me With Your Best Shot

We have officially designated Pat Benatar’s 1980s take-no-prisoners smash single Hit Me With Your Best Shot as the official anthem for KEVLARx. This is the randomized, placebo-controlled Phase 2b clinical trial of RRx-001 (nibrozetone) given as pretreatment before...
EpicentRx Word of the Weak (WOW): Epicene

EpicentRx Word of the Weak (WOW): Epicene

“We’re neutral about the word epicene.” Epicene Definition (adjective): 1) weak, flaccid an epicene style of writing 2) genderless they is an epicene pronoun 3) androgynous Pat was an epicene character played by Julia Sweeney on SNL during the early 1990s...