WORD OF THE DAY

Your bucket list is everything you aspire to do while you're alive. If you hope to see a Norwegian fjord and tour the Taj Mahal one day, you should put them on your bucket list!

The term bucket list is a relatively new addition to the English language, first appearing in the early 21st century. It's based on the much older phrase kick the bucket, a colloquial way of saying "die." A bucket list is an inventory of all the things you'd like to do before you die; yours might include running a marathon, getting a tattoo, seeing the northern lights, or writing a novel.