I think it was in the novel Theo of Golden – the book everybody seems to be reading these days – where Wife Ellen came across the word “zeitgeist.” It’s one of those words rarely used in normal, everyday conversation and she asked me if I know what it means. Turns out I do.
It’s a German word and means “spirit of the age” or “spirit of the times.” A zeitgeist – think “Roaring 20s” or “Civ…