PARADIGM

PARADIGM

Par-ah-dime

Pattern; standard; model;

Thinking the same thing.

Believing the earth is round is a paradigm because it is a common belief.

The paradigm that the earth was flat went out of favor. Sales of flat earth maps went flat. Pun intended.

Para - digm

Para (Reminds) Parable or story

Digm (Remind of) Dime or decade

A story changes through the decades.

PARABLE DIME

Tonight, I will lock my doors and lucubrate for hours. What am I doing?

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Answer:  

Studying. Lucubrate means to work or study at night.