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a shrine to the things you swore you'd read at the dentist
means A small shelf, basket, or stand designed to hold magazines and periodicals upright and within easy reach.
from From "magazine" plus "rack." "Magazine" took a delightful detour: it comes from Arabic makhāzin, "storehouses" (plural of makhzan), traveling through Italian magazzino and French magasin, originally meaning a warehouse of goods — hence a military "magazine" stockpiling ammunition. By the 18th century the word had been borrowed for printed periodicals, imagined as storehouses of varied articles. "Rack" is an old Germanic word for a framework or grid, a cousin of forms meaning "to stretch or arrange." So the magazine rack is, quite literally, a little framework for your storehouse of words.
- original purpose
- keeping pricey periodicals off damp Victorian floors
- waiting rooms
- why every issue is mysteriously three years old
- military origin
- magazine first meant a storehouse for ammunition
- modern fate
- now mostly holds remotes and unpaid bills
waiting room magazine rack — ubiquitous fixture in doctor's offices and dentist waiting rooms holding 6-12 month old issues