datelineskirt
/ˈdeɪtlaɪnˌskɜːt/nounVerified NewA bend imposed on the international date line so that a country — or its patron — shares a single calendar day.
The line is convention, so it can be convinced: islands have leapt across it for trade schedules, and whole hemispheres of dating follow. Mapmakers shrug; calendars obey.
Etym. — date line + skirt: the world's straightest fiction swishing aside for politics.
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