Baltimore oriole

A lot of football teams are named after birds (e.g., the Philadelphia Eagles, the Atlanta Falcons), but of all our feathered mascots only one comes from a poem: The Baltimore Ravens. The dark American poet, Edgar Allan Poe spent the end of his life in Baltimore and is buried there. His poem “The Raven” tells the story of a man, tormented by loss, who becomes …

Today’s Word of the Day was chosen by Abdulmalik O. from Baltimore, Maryland who said, “It almost completely describes me and I know others that feel the same way.” Alexithymia means “difficulty in experiencing,expressing, and describing emotional responses.” Submit your favorite word here and it could be chosen as one of our Word of the Day selections! Whoever chose the @dictionarycom #wordoftheday was reading my tweets this morning. pic.twitter.com/H7BH6VBVRL — Case of Dillas (@SeanLukeGrady) …