Today’s expression: “to be swamped.”

Meaning: Extremely busy, to the point of being overwhelmed, overburdened, or overworked.

Example: “I work 10 hours a day and then attend classes and do homework for 8 hours a day. I’m totally swamped.”

Example: “We’ve been absolutely swamped ever since the famous actor mentioned our company in one of his social media posts.”

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Have you ever seen a flavor? Have you ever tasted a shape? Have you ever heard a color? 

If you answered yes to any of the above questions, you may be a synesthete. 

All information here about synesthesia comes from: https://www.healthline.com/health/synesthesia

Definition: Synesthesia is a neurological condition in which information meant to stimulate one of your senses stimulates several of your senses.

The word “synesthesia” comes from the Greek words “synth” (which means “together”) and “ethesia” (which means “perception). Synesthetes can often “see” music as colors when they hear it, and “taste” textures like “round” or “pointy” when they eat foods.

Left-handed women may be most likely to be synesthetes.

How to test and see whether you have synesthesia? When you envision the letter “A”, does your mind assign a color to the letter? Go through the entire alphabet, envisioning each letter, observing the color it appears to you in your mind and writing it down.

Repeat the exercise an hour or two later. Do the individual letters appear to be mostly the same color every time you envision them? If they are, you could have synesthesia.

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Brain teaser:

“This sentence contains _________ letters.”

Write a number in words in the blank space in the above sentence that will make the statement true.