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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-722/
- Published: 2022-01-20T17:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-11-21T17:35:20.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 01:12

The word for today is…  
  
wormhole (noun):

1 : a hole or passage burrowed by a worm  
2 : a hypothetical structure of space-time envisioned as a tunnel connecting points that are separated in space and time

Source : [Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wormhole?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology: If you associate “wormhole” with quantum physics and sci-fi, you’ll probably be surprised to learn that the word has been around since Shakespeare’s day – although, admittedly, he used it more literally than most modern writers. To Shakespeare, a “wormhole” was simply a hole made by a worm, but even the Bard subtly linked “wormholes” to the passage of time; for example, in The Rape of Lucrece, he notes time’s destructive power “to fill with worm-holes stately monuments.” To modern astrophysicists, a wormhole isn’t a tunnel wrought by a slimy invertebrate, but a theoretical tunnel between two black holes or other points in space-time, providing a shortcut between its end points.

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