bring this into your vocabulary, part two.

merriam webster just emailed me and asked me to define intellectual sex, one of my all time favorite terms. of course i obliged.

main entry: intellectual sex
pronunciation: \ˌin-tə-ˈlek-chə-wəl, -chəl, -shwəl, -chü(-ə)l\ \ˈseks\
function: noun
date: 2008

: the sum of stimulation between two minds in conversation.

i don't often say there are many things better than voting. but intellectual sex? it's better.