The Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to Funny · 1 year agoThe Thagomizerstartrek.websiteimagemessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1826arrow-down19
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minus-squareMurdoclinkfedilinkarrow-up25arrow-down1·1 year agoWasn’t sure about this, felt like an online myth, so checked it out on Wikipedia. Seems legit. On a related note, found quite the rabbit hole on that article: Other scientific terms first used in fiction: Boojum tree Crash bandicoot Flange as the collective noun for baboons Horrendous Space Kablooie Quark Shmoo Snark Sonic Waldo
minus-squarekameecoding@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agothey names something after the Ferengi Bartender on DS9?
minus-squarePM_ME_FEET_PICSlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agohttps://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/quark The name ‘quark’ has its origin in James Joyce’s book ‘Finnegans Wake’
minus-squaresfbing@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoMe too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thagomizer
Wasn’t sure about this, felt like an online myth, so checked it out on Wikipedia. Seems legit. On a related note, found quite the rabbit hole on that article:
Other scientific terms first used in fiction:
they names something after the Ferengi Bartender on DS9?
https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/quark
The name ‘quark’ has its origin in James Joyce’s book ‘Finnegans Wake’
Me too:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thagomizer