Word: cheerio
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...It’s annoying because I have to pick up each clinging cheerio one by one,” said David G. Blauvelt ’09. “It’s more work than it’s worth. Actually, the work might be worth it for Honey Nut Cheerios because each cheerio is bursting with flavor, but it’s definitely not worth it for regular cheerios...
...simple explanation for the “Cheerio Effect,” as such clumping or clinging has been named by scientists, was published by Mahadevan and Vella in the Sept. 15 issue of the American Journal of Physics as part of a pedagogical review done as Vella’s summer project...
...root of the Cheerio Effect are buoyancy, surface tension, gravity, and the meniscus effect—basic physics concepts...
...soon as we began to drive away from the opulence of the Four Seasons and back toward our more provincial lives. As she sang her catchy chorus, we glanced at each other with perfect understanding. Martinis and caviar aside, we’re still Jenny(s) from the Block. Cheerio...
...said she remembers disasters that include drunken spectators jumping off bridges into the river, a fried dough vendor with a burned hand, a child with a Cheerio lodged up his nose and a mounted police officer...