Agreed! Everyday words acquire physics meanings, and physics terms migrate into everyday conversations. (I once analyzed catalogued and analyzed instances of the latter terms for a folklore database. Having analyzed physics ideas from algebraic, geometric, physical, etc. standpoints, I got a kick out of analyzing them from a folklorist’s standpoint.) Poems help us to figure out what we’re saying.

Thanks for sharing your poem; I found it piercing. May your future Valentine’s Days involve terminology more like “unit probability of success.”

Thanks for the insight! “Atlas” does indeed sound like an illustrative term in the context of GR. I intend to write more about names in physics and math — stay tuned!

“Examining names for mathematical objects can reveal properties that we never realized those objects had.” Indeed! Sometimes a good name of mathematical objects does help us see them more clearly. Now I’m reviewing GR again, and found some jargon, like “atlas” of the manifold, very good name. So I think for physicists and mathematicians, besides solving problem, it’s also worth taking time to come up with a good jargon in order to get the idea across 🙂