Clara joined me on a trip to the bank this morning and somehow before we were even out of the driveway we were having a conversation about what it means to implode. “So, if you suck the air out of something it doesn’t explode?” “No. It would be destroyed, but it would be like… crushed. Implode and explode. EX is used for things that go out. Like an EXit. Boom! Things fly out all over the place. When something is crushed inward it is called IMploding. Boom. Things are pulled in. IM means to go inward. It’s a Latin thing. You know some Latin, right?” “Yeah…” She was thoughtful. “So Ex is used for things that go out and IM is used for things…