mailstrata
/ˈmeɪlˌstrɑːtə/nounVerified NewAlso in: Briefschichten (Deutsch) · correstratos (Español) · courristrate (Français)
The geological layers of unopened mail establishing themselves on the hall table.
Mailstrata is dated by strata: the top layer is current, the middle is pending, and the bottom is from a government that has since changed. Each new arrival is placed on top with the ceremony of sedimentation. The table is cleared twice a year, and the excavation reveals a civilization that wrote more letters than it opened.
Etym. — mail + strata — the archaeology performed daily on the hall table.
Rel. — keybowltheology
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