the.com/nexus
The point where everything connects and nobody can explain how.
means A central point where many things, people, or ideas link together.
from From Latin nexus, 'a binding together' or 'connection,' rooted in the verb nectere, 'to bind' or 'tie' — the same root that gives us 'connect' (literally 'bind with'). The Romans used it for legal and physical bonds alike; English borrowed it in the 1600s and kept the sense of things tied so tightly the knot itself becomes the point.
- origin
- Latin for binding together, like a knot
- overuse
- favorite word of corporate mission statements
- irony
- often describes connections that barely exist