9.4.12

psychopharmacology

alleviate \uh-LEE-vee-ayt\

verb
1 a : relieve, lessen: as b : to make (as suffering) more bearable c : to partially remove or correct

Psychopharmacology began alleviating our suffering in 1954 with Thorazine. In 2012, they give it to you for hiccups. But there's still to pill to cure a broken heart.

8.4.12

past-future

hyphenate \HYE-fuh-nayt\

noun: a person who performs more than one function (as a producer-director in filmmaking)

Just as the producer-filmmaker fulfills multiple roles, so does the married hyphenate née maiden.