Spin Cycles and Plurals

I  was woken this morning by a machine launching itself through my ceiling and into orbit ...only not really.

( my washing machine )

In other news...
Despite my insane word geekery, I have only just realised that "cigarette" means "little cigar".
And, also on the word geekery front, someone at work pluralised "basis" as "bases" (pronounced the same way as "appendices") and for a second there I fell madly in love with him...