vile vortex

noun

Any of a number of geographic areas, arranged in a pattern around the Earth, that are held to be the sites of unexplained disappearances and other mysterious phenomena.

“The Bermuda Triangle is the best-known vile vortex.”

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Meanings

nounvile vortex (plural vile vortexes or vile vortices)

plural vile vortexes · plural vile vortices

  1. Any of a number of geographic areas, arranged in a pattern around the Earth, that are held to be the sites of unexplained disappearances and other mysterious phenomena.

    The Bermuda Triangle is the best-known vile vortex.

Origin

Coined by Ivan T. Sanderson.

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