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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink24•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-square@kameecodinglinkEnglish4•1 year agothey names something after the Ferengi Bartender on DS9?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•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:
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