The Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to Funny@sh.itjust.works · 1 year agoThe Thagomizerstartrek.websiteimagemessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1-1
arrow-up14arrow-down1imageThe Thagomizerstartrek.websiteThe Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to Funny@sh.itjust.works · 1 year agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squareMurdoc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 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-squaresfbing@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoMe too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thagomizer
minus-squarekameecoding@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agothey names something after the Ferengi Bartender on DS9?
minus-squarePM_ME_FEET_PICS@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agohttps://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/quark The name ‘quark’ has its origin in James Joyce’s book ‘Finnegans Wake’
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:
Me too:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thagomizer
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’