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14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

1614, in the meaning defined above

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“you’ve got another thing coming” and 14 other confused expressions.

An eggcorn is a word or phrase that is misheard or misinterpreted. In eggcorns, words might be replaced with sound-alike words that may take on a different meaning. The word eggcorn itself comes from the mishearing of acorn.

When I was a college student, I heard some fellow students talking about guys “scamming” girls from the mezzanine in the cafeteria. They didn’t mean that the guys were trying to pull off cons. They meant they were scanning the crowd for female persons of interest.

I tend to think that the phrase “crank call” is also an eggcorn for “prank call.” “Crank call” is used to mean “prank call,” but it makes less sense. In the days of rotary phones, you might be said to be cranking something but not any more than you would for an ordinary call. Crank calls also are not instigated necessarily by old cranky people. They are pranks.

Here are some other common eggcorns.

• If you think …, you have another thing coming.

I heard this expression wrong myself for years. I may have heard it wrong, but it’s also possible people around me were saying the expression wrong. When I first saw the expression, “you have another think coming,” written out, I thought, “That makes a lot more sense.”

You can understand how it’s possible to hear it wrong, especially as “think” isn’t exactly grammatical in the phrase.

2. Pass mustard

If you want to put a condiment on your hot dog and say, “Please, pass the mustard,” that would be correct, but, if you say, “The soldier passed mustard,” that would be wrong.

“Pass musters” goes back to the 1570s and was used for soldiers passing review. Dictionary.com defines “muster” as “an assembling of troops or persons for formal inspection or other purposes.” Today, the phrase might be used for someone passing approval in other contexts.

3. All intensive purposes

This phrase is heard instead of “all intents and purposes.” Are some purposes particularly intensive? A person can be in an Intensive Care unit of a hospital, and I suppose doctors and nurses may have “intensive purposes” when saving a patient’s life. Intensive means “relating to or characterized by intensity.”

The correct phrase, “for all intents and purposes” has its roots in 16th century English law. It is used to mean “virtually” or “for all practical purposes.”

4. It’s a doggy dog world.

To me, as a dog lover, “It’s a doggy dog world,” sounds like a very positive expression like “Life is a bowl of cherries.” This is an eggcorn. The original expression, “It’s a dog-eat-dog world” is much more negative, suggesting a survival of the fittest situation. There are other negative expressions concerning dogs such as “working like a dog,” so perhaps, “It’s a doggy dog world” could also sound negative in certain contexts. I used the eggcorn as a blog category, because, for cheerful posts about our canine friends, the eggcorn sounds much more positive.

5. pre-Madonna

The phrase “prima donna” is borrowed from Italian and literally means “first lady.” In opera, a prima donna is the leading lady of the opera. In modern times, it’s come to take on other meanings referring to a female singer, not necessarily in opera. It can also refer to the demanding and narcissistic behaviors of a “prima donna.”

It’s funny how the other expression was misheard. Madonna is certainly a well-known female singer. To me, pre-Madonna seems to make more sense as the name of a musical period than the name of a personality. We have a postmodern period after all. We’ve had quite a few musical periods that are all pre-Madonna.

6. Nip it in the butt

The original phrase is “nip it in the bud.” To nip something in the bud is to end it before it has a chance to grow. “Nip it in the butt” makes a certain kind of sense but is not really the same in meaning. Well, it’s possible for butts to be nipped. Cartoons have told us this for years. The cat butt above looks like a nice target some dogs may want to nip.

7. Out of bounce

This is an interesting one. A ball can go “out of bounds” in a game, and I suppose that, often, when the ball goes out of bounds, it is also out of bounce at some point.

8. To hell in a handbag

This is an interesting one. The first phrase is “to hell in a handbasket.” One variation makes just as much sense as the other. There is nothing in the Bible to suggest that either a handbasket or a handbag are a special conveyance to hell. It is nicely alliterated. World Wide Words writes, “Some writers have read into this version that it refers to execution by the guillotine, in which the image — as in the terror associated with the French Revolution — is of the executed person’s head dropping into a basket.”

The phrase today isn’t always used to describe a person’s spiritual plight but a way of stating that society or the situation is deteriorating, as in, “Everything’s going to hell in a handbasket.”

Although this one is not as amusing as some of the others listed, it is one that I hear. The final D in “iced” must not be too audible. “Iced” makes more sense as an adjective than “ice.”

10. Old timers disease

Well, it is the old timers who are prone to dementia, but the real name for the illness is Alzheimer’s. Alzheimer’s disease is named for Dr. Alois Alzheimer who made discoveries about the disease in 1906. The “Alz” in Alzheimer does mean “old” in German language, but Alzheimer is not synonymous with old timer. The name Alzheimer comes from the place name “Alzheim” which means “old hamlet.”

11. Scandally clad

Very interesting. The real phrase is “scantily clad” as in, uh, not wearing much. Of course, “scantily clad” can sometimes be tied with scandal. Saloon girls of the Old West were considered to be scandalous and could also be somewhat scantily clad, especially for the time. Now, it’s possible to be much more scantily clad without seeming scandalous to most. Just think of the difference between now and then and what is acceptable for beachwear!

12. Take it for granite

To take something for granted is to fail to appreciate that thing. Granite is a type of stone. I’m not sure how you can take something for granite.

“Are those counters stone?”

“No, they’re formica.”

“Oh, I took it for granite.”

Oh dear. That was a “Dad joke,” wasn’t it? Sorry, not sorry.

13. Takes two to tangle

It definitely takes a partner to tango, but technically, you need another item or thing to tangle too. Tango dancers also seem to get themselves in a tangle. Even so, the real phrase is “It takes two to tango.”

14. Very close veins

This is heard in place of varicose veins. Is it possible for veins to be very close? I suppose.

15. World Wind Tour

I understand what a whirlwind tour is and also a world tour, but what is a world wind tour? Perhaps, it is circumnavigating the globe on a sailboat.

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The sails were carried up to the mastheads by the force of the whirlwind.

a fiery whirlwind of shrapnel.

a staff of three do-nothings and one whirlwind; a whirlwind of activity at the stock exchange.

a whirlwind visit to New York.

Synonyms: impulsive , hasty , breakneck , headlong

verb (used without object)

You can't just whirlwind in and out of their lives and expect them to be OK with that.

/ ˈwɜːlˌwɪnd /

• a column of air whirling around and towards a more or less vertical axis of low pressure, which moves along the land or ocean surface
• a motion or course resembling this, esp in rapidity

a whirlwind romance

• an impetuously active person

Word History and Origins

Origin of whirlwind 1

Idioms and Phrases

• (sow the wind and) reap the whirlwind , to suffer the penalties for one's misdeeds. Hosea 8:7.

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The holiday season is set to be a whirlwind, and there’s no time left to pivot, but Amazon is a good place to be at this time.

It’s a heart-wrenching choice not to spend the holidays with your loved ones, especially after this whirlwind of a year, but unfortunately in pandemic times, the safest thing to do is stay apart.

Alas, I live in Los Angeles, and even if I lived in New York, now doesn’t seem like the best time to be having a whirlwind love story with someone I’ve never met.

To eliminate it is to court the whirlwind of governance — to accept that your opponents may win elections, to risk their agenda passing into law.

At our center, which comprises nothing, like the hollowness in the middle of a whirlwind, we fall back into the world.

He talks about a whirlwind weekend-long affair with a man he met at a club in Berlin.

Well known for his inability to say no to worthy causes, Palmer has always been a whirlwind of good works.

After a whirlwind romance, Sarkozy quickly married Bruni in February 2008.

Later that month he was making his first whirlwind foreign trip to identify countries that might be willing to take detainees.

This year has been a whirlwind for Kate Bosworth—featuring a new movie, new design collaboration, and even a new husband.

They burst out of the mouth of the canyon, a smoke-wreathed whirlwind, heading for the protection of the river.

She took one look, then struck her horse a sharp blow and, like a whirlwind, came upon the scene.

With regard to the Whirlwind, perhaps it might correspond better to Dors picture; it has not turned out quite what I wanted.

Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as in a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.

Meanwhile the leading Apaches, not now more than fifty in number, were swept along by the same whirlwind of brute instinct.

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The other day I heard someone refer to a whirlwind, but they pronounced it “world wind.” And I found myself thinking how apt this invented word actually is: The storm we’re in is monumental in scale, and actually does sweep across the entire world. It’s a storm of fury and opposition to religion, a tempest of temptation, an angry force which requires every one of us to take a stand. But can we do it? Can we fight a virtual tornado that’s sweeping through our lives?

Whirlwinds fascinate us. We stare at even a minor dust devil and wonder how it got started, how it keeps spinning, and what makes it finally stop. Major whirlwinds account for deaths and damage all over the globe, and we’ve all seen heartbreaking footage of buildings, animals, vehicles, and people being thrown into the air like toothpicks when such storms hit.

So I wasn’t surprised to see numerous suggestions about how to subdue such a storm and save lives, in researching online. But I was astounded at the incredible variety of ideas people have, theories about ways to stop a twister in its tracks.

First, you must understand the basics of how funnels form. When a supercell thunderstorm starts to spin, it reacts with other winds, and a shaft begins to form and spin as well. But weather conditions have to be exactly right, with a cold, rainy downdraft and a warm updraft.

Most of the suggestions are implausible, though brainstorming could lead to one of these hypotheticals becoming reality one day. The ideas I saw included sound disruption (like when a singer can break a glass with her voice), bombs, heating the cold downdraft with a solar-powered microwave beam from a satellite to control the weather, spraying oil over seawater to prevent evaporation and weaken hurricanes, using jet contrails to affect temperature swings, and even diverting the path of a cyclone with a giant mirror that reflects the sun’s energy. None of these are in use, but research continues.

All this energy and study made me wonder: Do we put that much effort into battling the storm of Satan’s forces that want to trip us up?  Surely his impact is more deadly than the physical storms we confront; Lucifer would destroy our very souls, not just our bodies and our belongings. The Doctrine and Covenants tells us of wars and rumors of wars, the voice of thunderings, all things being in commotion, men’s hearts failing them, and more. But do we go to the whiteboard, so to speak, and try to come up with a formula to combat Lucifer?

I think we can learn several things from earthly storm fighters. Every one of them agrees that it’s better to prevent a storm, than to stop one after it has started. How true this is of addictions, angry explosions, bad choices that hurt us and others, literally every harmful move within our control. So, like the old expression, “Be smart—don’t start” we can avoid those situations that are particularly tough for us. If drinking tempts you, don’t go to a bar. Don’t hang out with friends who constantly party. Take steps to protect yourself from areas where you know you’re vulnerable. Just as a smart general shores up areas of vulnerability in a war, so can we add extra armor, including loved ones to help us, where we need it.

Next, just as scientists research storm formation, learn how the adversary works. There’s no better manual for learning the tactics of this enemy than The Book of Mormon. Its pages are filled with examples of Satan’s attempts to thwart God’s plan. Over and over we see those who foolishly succumb and also those who triumph over evil. These lessons apply exactly to our struggles today.

What about disrupting a storm? Have you ever intervened when two people were quarreling, to separate opposing forces and restore peace? We can consciously make this effort to calm harsh voices, to work toward solutions, and to build bridges. Interfaith outreach is a perfect example of setting aside differences to work toward common goals. But we can also do this within the walls of our homes, at school, and at the workplace.

Do we need extreme solutions, sometimes? We do. Maybe we need to put our child in a safer school. Or quit a job where illegal activity is going on. Or fight for peace over tyranny. I recall a church video that depicted a porn addict throwing out his computer. Or someone tired of corruption who chooses to run for office. Perhaps we need to forgive someone and take them in our arms. That doesn’t sound like a giant bomb going off, but the impact could be life-changing. Sometimes when something huge is causing destruction, we need the courage to try a solution that’s equally vast.

How about heating a cold downdraft? What if we can diffuse enemies with love and even humor? Can we change the “weather” by refusing to fuel a brewing storm? Can we offer help to someone who has always been bitter and nasty? Sometimes we really can calm hostility by showing compassion and charity.

I thought about the notion of reflecting the sun’s energy, and how that might work on a spiritual level. Can we reflect the Son’s energy? By taking His name upon us—which we do every time we partake of the Sacrament—we pledge to do this. We wear his name. We try as best we can to do what Jesus would do. And that means we sometimes have to make bold, difficult choices in standing for right and defending the underdog. Sometimes we have to risk rejection and unpopularity.

I think about what President Russell M. Nelson said recently: “It is precisely because we do care deeply about all of God’s children that we proclaim his truth. We may not always tell people what people want to hear. Prophets are rarely popular. But we will always teach the truth.”

By following our leaders we can safely navigate this stormy world. They will stand as beacons of light in the swirling darkness of confusion that blankets the earth.

During my cancer battle of the last couple of years I’ve been given some inspiring quotes and one of them applies perfectly here: “Don’t tell God how big your storm is. Tell the storm how big your God is.”  This is exactly the right approach. When we choose to be on God’s side, we enlist His help to form an unstoppable team. Only then can we truly defeat the forces of evil, and we can do it worldwide.

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• Brazilian Portuguese : redemoinho
• Chinese : 旋风
• European Spanish : torbellino
• French : tornade
• German : Wirbelwind
• Italian : tromba d'aria
• Japanese : つむじ風
• Korean : 회오리바람
• European Portuguese : redemoinho
• Spanish : torbellino
• Thai : ลมบ้าหมู
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• Chinese : 旋风般的
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• French : éclair N
• German : stürmisch
• Italian : travolgente
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Who Needs a Whirlwind Trip When You Can Take It Slow?

The slow travel movement has come into its own during the pandemic, as many travelers contemplate the need for more thoughtful, sustainable forms of exploring.

By Elaine Glusac

For many travelers, the prepandemic pace of whirlwind getaways and bucket-list-skimming trips seems so 2019. Now, as destinations cautiously reopen, travelers who spent a year or more confronted by climate change, social activism and a lack of human connection are embracing slow motion as a sustainable speed for exploring the world.

Marguerite Hanley, a native Californian who lives in Amsterdam, is one of those travelers. “After a year of being forced to look inward, we have all realized the value and impact of our actions, both globally in terms of Covid, as humans infringing on habitat, and how we treat people in our community,” said Ms. Hanley, who recently decided to decelerate an ambitious honeymoon in Africa planned for next March. Instead of a whirlwind trip that included a Botswana safari, a visit to Cape Town and an exploration of South African wine country, she scaled down to concentrate on a few camps in Botswana that support conservation and local communities.

“It made sense to stay longer, bring our euros to a couple of communities and reduce our carbon footprint, too,” she said.

Slow travel grew out of the slow food movement, which emphasizes sustainable, local and organic food, and prizes artisanal traditions. It isn’t new — the appeal of walking the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route in Spain, for example, has endured for centuries. But it’s attracting more travelers now for a variety of reasons: as a salve to social distancing, a response to flight-shaming, a meditative breather or an exercise of pandemic-inspired caution. These more mindful trips involve visiting fewer places and sometimes transiting slower, whether by car, train, bike, foot or canoe.

“While typical travel is all about what you do, slow travel emphasizes how you do it,” Kyle Kowalski, the founder of Sloww , a website devoted to slow living, wrote in an email. “Instead of a jam-packed itinerary, slow travel is about intentionally choosing where you will do less in order to experience more. Instead of rushing from one thing to the next, slow travel is about balance and pace, leaving open time to create space and spontaneity.”

A pandemic-inspired pace

Whether they wanted to or not, many people have experienced a slower life during the pandemic, which has fed the slow travel movement.

The environmental gains witnessed during the pandemic as travel ebbed convinced Julia Douglas, a social media manager in Los Angeles, to walk whenever possible rather than order an Uber. On a recent trip from New York City to Buffalo, N.Y., she took an eight-hour train ride rather than fly as part of an effort “to make small changes that would prolong the improvement in pollution, which the world saw when traveling by plane almost completely stopped,” she said.

While commuter train ridership has suffered during the pandemic, long-distance train travel has shown signs of resurgence. Amtrak Vacations , a tour operator that bundles hotels, excursions and travel by train, said bookings were up 47 percent this year to date compared to 2019. In Europe, where 2021 has been designated the European Year of Rail by the European Union to highlight sustainable transportation, long-distance train travel has been revived. Night train networks have made a comeback and one start-up, Midnight Trains , plans to launch luxury sleeper cars on routes from Paris to more than 10 cities beginning in 2024.

Work-from-anywhere policies, born of the pandemic, enabled many to stretch their trips. Airbnb said its stays of 28 days or more had increased 10 percent in the first quarter of 2021 compared to the same period in 2019. Exclusive Resorts , a membership home rental service, said bookings of 21 days or more grew 550 percent in 2021 compared to 2019.

The time-consuming requirements of travel today, such as testing or applying for entry, also tend to slow things down.

“In the before times, it was common for travelers to pack in as many destinations and countries as possible, and a Southern Africa safari could include two, three or four countries,” said Jeremy Townsend, the marketing director for Next Adventures , based in Berkeley, Calif. “Today, with required Covid tests for entry and spotty flight connections, our clients are opting for single-country safaris to places like Kenya, Uganda or Zambia that offer a wide variety of experiences with the convenience of reliable international access.”

Getting a Covid-19 test 72 hours before returning to the United States from abroad, as required , is a natural brake.

“Traveling is complicated right now, and we’re recommending that clients add on a few days at the end of their vacation near to their departure point, in order to more easily deal with the requirements for testing before getting onto a flight home,” said Simon Scutt, the director of On Foot Holidays , which specializes in European walking tours.

Anti-checklist travel

But it’s not just practicalities pumping the brakes. There’s a calming appeal to travelers who may feel overwhelmed after more than a year of nervous coexistence with the coronavirus.

In anticipation of Norway’s recent opening to vaccinated American travelers, Up Norway , a bespoke travel company, began selling the concept of “ kos ,” a Norwegian term for peace, harmony and gratitude cultivated “when one takes their time traveling, soaking in the simple joys of culture and natural beauty,” according to a news release touting 28-day stays in remote areas of the country.

It’s a far cry from seeing Big Ben, the Eiffel Tower and the Roman Colosseum — the package-trip hit parade — in a week.

“We used to book a lot of Europe and Asia where people just wanted to check spots off their list,” said Denise Ambrusko-Maida, a travel adviser and the owner of the travel agency Travel Brilliant in Buffalo, N.Y. “People are pulling away from tourist hot spots. They don’t want to be crammed in and shuffling along in lines.”

Rebecca Werner, a Chicago-based travel adviser with Protravel, recently booked a summer train trip to Glacier National Park for a Wisconsin family of four who are fans of the Netflix mini-series “The Queen’s Gambit.” It was a “good way to catch up with their kids and see some good scenery, plus play some chess on the train,” she said.

For these travelers, pursuing personal passions has supplanted the bucket list.

Working with the bespoke travel agency Untold Story Travel , David Demers of Naples, Fla., is organizing two nearly monthlong trips next year to Israel and the Mediterranean with ample time to pursue his interests in history, theater, food and art.

“In the past, travel was about packing in as much as you can, running around checking boxes, which becomes mechanical,” said Mr. Demers, who recently sold his health care company. “The pandemic taught us all that it’s OK to not go fast, to focus on what’s important.”

With that in mind, the travel company Sojrn recently launched monthlong trips staying in one destination, each with an educational theme such as philosophy in Athens, wine in Italy or Spanish language in Colombia. Travelers stay in local apartments and participate in weekly dinners and events, leaving lots of unstructured time to work and explore.

“I’m trying not to plan everything out to the minute like I have done in the past,” said Cara Wright, of Apple Valley, Minn., who plans to continue working for a nonprofit while in Italy in October with Sojrn.

A sustainable speed

For others, like Donna Hetrick, a potter based in Pittsburgh who is bound for Africa, slow travel is about reducing their environmental impact.

“I couldn’t justify a two-week safari,” said Ms. Hetrick, who instead plans to spend several months biking in Africa beginning in 2022 with TDA Global Cycling . In addition to amortizing her carbon footprint and seeing a place in depth, the long trip offers connection. “When you’re on a bicycle, you are accessible to people,” she said.

As a form of tourism that espouses treading lightly, going off the beaten path, connecting with community and patronizing locally owned businesses — all tenets of sustainable travel — slow tourism is also being championed as a correction to overtourism, the kind of overcrowding that plagued destinations such as Dubrovnik before the pandemic.

“Slow tourism is more sustainable because people tend to spend more time in a destination and spread out,” said Martha Honey, the former executive director of the Center for Responsible Travel and co-editor of the book “ Overtourism: Lessons for a Better Future .

She describes slow travel as a “win-win” for both the traveler, who engages more deeply in a destination, and the destination, which sees the benefits of travel dispersed, and credits the recent buy-local movement, forged in the pandemic as communities pulled together to keep local businesses afloat, for popularizing slow principles.

“It’s less disruptive and more economically beneficial,” Ms. Honey added.

As indicated by the popularity of destinations such as Alaska and Montana this summer, travelers continue to avoid densely populated places. In a recent survey of more than 800 travelers in five countries, including the United States, by Flywire , a payment-processing service, three-quarters said they would look for an uncrowded destination when they travel.

For eco-conscious explorers who cling to Phileas Fogg -like ambitions of circumnavigating the globe, but fret over their impact, the sustainable tour operator Responsible Travel recently introduced an 11-week trip — roughly 80 days — around the world by train and cargo ship, crossing Europe to Central Asia, following the Silk Road to China, then shipping out across the Pacific for North America.

“The journey becomes part of the travel experience rather than just a way of getting from A to B,” said Anna Rice, a manager at Responsible Travel who spent a year beginning in 2011 traveling around the world by train and ship, and discovering, among other things, that Vietnam, China, Russia and Poland all had a similar dumpling with a different name. “You become much more aware of your surroundings and how countries are connected in subtle ways in terms of culture and their environments.”

Moving at the speed of humans

For those to whom trains and freighters are too mechanized, human-powered travel, such as hiking, biking and paddling, allow for maximum exposure to nature and the small details blurred at higher speeds.

“You get to see things you don’t see in a car because you’re going slow,” said Kristi Growdon, a personal golf trainer based in Seattle who took a cycling trip to Utah in April with VBT Bicycling Vacations . The company has nearly sold out all domestic departures this year. At the Maine Island Trail Association , which manages a route across more than 200 undeveloped islands along the Maine coast, membership, which includes access to trail information, jumped 23 percent last year.

A sea kayak “takes you into a place other boats cannot go, the intertidal zone,” said Michael Daugherty, the co-owner of Sea Kayak Stonington , which offers boat rentals and guided trips to some of the islands on the trail. “There’s tide and swell and it’s dynamic, and you’re much more aware of that in a small boat.”

He runs the business with his wife, Rebecca Daugherty, an artist, and together they have paddled 625 miles along the Maine coast, producing the 2020 illustrated book “ Upwest & Downeast .”

“I’m a painter, and it takes a while to see a place,” Ms. Daugherty said. “I felt on that 55-day trip, it wasn’t slow enough.”

New ways to slow down

Where there’s a trend in travel, tour operators follow, as indicated by a new wave of relaxed vacation packages.

The active travel company Backroads , launched a division this year called Dolce Tempo , offering a less ambitious pace. Nearly all 2021 trips are sold out; in 2022, it plans to add 100 new Dolce Tempo departures at home and abroad, including Scandinavia, England and along the Danube River.

Motorists can drive from Denver to Moab, Utah, in about five and a half hours. But beginning in August, riders of the Rocky Mountaineer train can cover the route in two days on a scenic ride with an overnight stay in Glenwood Springs, Colo. The new Rockies to the Red Rocks route has been so popular the company has added capacity and extended its inaugural season to Nov. 19. Notably, there is no Wi-Fi onboard.

In southern Utah, the new Aquarius Trail Hut System stations five backcountry huts — fashioned from recycled shipping containers and powered by solar energy — across a 190-mile bicycling route from Brian Head Peak to the town of Escalante. Cyclists pedal in the Dixie National Forest through the hoodoos of Red Canyon and skirt Bryce Canyon National Park.

Jared Fisher, who owns the Las Vegas-based cycling outfitter Escape Adventures , developed the Aquarius Trail Hut System over five years to make “bike-packing” — or backpacking via bike — accessible by including food and bedding, which reduces the amount of gear and planning required. An avid bike-packer, Mr. Fisher has ridden across the United States three times.

“Personally, I enjoy the freedom and head space” of traveling by bike, he said. “I love to be out in nature and feel it, smell it, taste it.”

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From Middle English whirlewind , whirlewynde , equivalent to whirl +‎ wind . Compare Middle Dutch wervelwint , Old Norse hvirfilvindr .

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• ( Received Pronunciation ) IPA ( key ) : /ˈwɜːlwɪnd/
• ( General American ) IPA ( key ) : /ˈ(h)wɝlwɪnd/

whirlwind ( plural whirlwinds )

• 1668 , Franciscus Euistor the Palæopolite [pseudonym; Henry More ], “The Fifth Dialogue”, in Divine Dialogues, Containing Sundry Disquisitions & Instructions Concerning the Attributes of God and His Providence in the World.   [ … ] , 2nd edition, London: [ … ] Joseph Downing   [ … ] , published 1713 , →OCLC , paragraph XXXVIII, page 515 : VVhile in the mean time there iſſued out on the Eaſt-ſide a ſtrong VVind, but pure and refreſhing, vvhich dividing into ſeveral parts that turned round became ſo many innocuous VVhirl-vvinds of ſincere Air, tinctured only vvith a cool refreſhing ſmell, as if it had paſſed over ſome large field of Lilies and Roſes.
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• ( figuratively ) A person or body of objects or events sweeping violently onward. Once he got that new scooter he turned into a whirlwind and damaged all the flowers. The weeks leading up to the convention were a whirlwind of preparation and hurried activity.

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How Love, Ciara’s Micro Teacup Poodle, Embraces Life on Tour

Ciara has been having one busy summer. For one, the singer has been jet-setting around North America while on tour with Missy Elliott. (Alexa! Play “1, 2 Step”). “Missy is someone that I call a big sister in this industry. Growing up, she inspired me,” says Ciara, who has also been performing alongside Busta Rhymes and Timbaland on the tour. “It’s been really magical and special out there on the stage. These are definitely times that I will forever cherish.”

When the star is not shutting down arenas, Ciara has been busy hitting the stage at star-studded events like the 2024 ESPY Awards, which she opened earlier this month. And the one essential that the singer has been carting around with her throughout her whirlwind summer? That would be Love Princess Wilson, of course—her adorable micro teacup poodle. “Love is taking over—the stage is her playground,” says Ciara. “She’s become a new dog on the road. She thinks every new place is her bed.”

Love has been joining Ciara on tour with Missy Elliott, Timbaland, and Busta Rhymes.

Turns out, her furry friend has become quite accustomed to the jet-set lifestyle. For her Dogue photo shoot, Vogue followed Love as she traveled on a private jet from one Ciara set to the next. (Love even has her own monogrammed Louis Vuitton carrier bag to go to and from.) Photographed at the ESPY Awards, Love joined Ciara onstage for rehearsals—and got the customary glam touch-ups, too. “I had the craziest 24 hours [that day], going from performing at the ESPYs to a sold-out show at the Crypto Arena,” says Ciara. Naturally, Love was game for it every step of the way.

It’s not all hectic travel for Love, however. When she is not busy embracing tour life, Love also prefers a relaxed day at home—where she will often slip into her cozy shearling Gucci sweater, of course, or play with her favorite toy, a plush red and brown train. Choo-choo ! But her summer of shows isn’t slowing down anytime soon: Ciara will be playing shows throughout the rest of August, meaning Love will soon be hitting the road once again. “I’m truly having the time of my life,” says Ciara, “and this tour has been everything that I could have dreamt of—and more.”

Below, Ciara and Love answer Vogue ’s Dogue questionnaire.

A quick touch-up on stage—for both Ciara and Love.

What is your dog’s best quality?

Love brings really sweet energy to a room. She’s very loving and energetic.

Who would voice your dog in a movie?

Describe the voice you use to talk to your dog.

I talk to Love like she’s one of my kids. “Get out! No! Stop!”

What is your dog’s weirdest nickname?

We just call her Love. The crazy thing I can tell you, though, is that my husband surprised me with her for my birthday. At that time period, I was carrying my baby Amora, which means “love” in Italian and Spanish. When he got her, her name was Love already. It was meant to be.

Ciara carries Love in her favorite mode of transportation: A Louis Vuitton carry-all.

Where is one place you wish you could take your dog?

Where is the strangest place you’ve taken your dog?

We took her to the restaurant Matsuhisa.

If you could tell your dog one thing, what would it be?

“Sit down.” No, I would say, “Can you bring it down a couple of notches?” Sometimes she’s nonstop.

What is the most human thing your dog does?

She’s definitely figured out what human food is. She’s always standing by you. And I’m like, Who hooked her up with some? I think it’s the kids—they always mess up the plan.

Love in one of her favorite Gucci sweaters.

What is your full name? (Including middle names)

Love Princess Wilson.

Astrological sign?

Favorite toy?

Love plays with Ciara and one of her favorite toys, a plushy train.

Favorite meal?

Chicken. Or chicken and rice.

Worst habit?

What all dogs do when they start to feel some kind of way—a little frisky.

Strangest habit?

I always find myself in the backgrounds of photos.

If you could talk, what would your catchphrase be?

I move to the beat of my own drum—so if you can’t keep up, then stay out the way.

What is your human’s worst habit?

She likes to stay up when she is supposed to be going to sleep.

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