Word of the Day

myopia:
from www.m-w.com

Main Entry:

my·o·pia

Pronunciation:

\mī-ˈō-pē-ə\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

New Latin, from Greek myōpia, from myōp-, myōps

Date:

circa 1752

1 : a condition in which the visual images come to a focus in front of the retina of the eye resulting especially in defective vision of distant objects
2 : a lack of foresight or discernment : a narrow view of something

— my·o·pic \-ˈō-pik, -ˈä-\ adjective

— my·o·pi·cal·ly \-pi-k(ə-)lē\ adverb

I had to look it up when I was reading this article in the NYTimes, but it seems like a fitting word for those of us well entrenched in our quarter-life crises.