Rex Parker coined the Natick Principle to describe a crossword that crosses one very unfamiliar word with another (especially proper names), and still uses “naticked” in his blog to describe this situation. The implication is that very few people have ever heard of Natick. On the other hand, I’ve found that Rex isn’t the best judge of what is and isn’t common knowledge.* In any case, living near Boston sounds fun, though I’m sure I’d freeze to death in the first winter.
- Common knowledge is properly defined as everything I know, yet Rex never seems to check with me first.