Saturday, November 23, 2019
Learning Another Word For Jet Lag
While reading Jeanne Mackin's riveting novel, The Last Collection (Berkley, 2019), about the rivalry between Paris couturiers Elsa Schiaparelli and Coco Chanel, I learned a new word--desynchronosis, the physical ailment one experiences traveling across time zones via airplane. It's better known as jet lag or jet fatigue.
Labels:
Biographical Fiction,
Books,
Language,
Literature,
Travel,
Vocabulary,
Words
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