Profane and profanity are English words commonly used in reference to swearing, cursing, and hurling abusive language at someone. That’s an intriguing development from their Latin roots! A fanum is a temple or a sanctuary; attach the preposition pro to it, and you get “before/in front of/ outside the temple.”
Language that is not fitting to be heard in the presence of the divine, therefore, is unholy, not sacred: literally, profane.
Each group was given the same number of popsicle sticks and glue. Each bridge was then tested on Friday to see how much sand it could hold before collapsing!
This is my third column in a series on the premature death of children.
Dr. Kroll led her sophomore Physics students through a lab on momentum, the impact of friction, and force. Each team calculated the velocity and force of their RC car before testing their hypotheses.