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Nine Words From Science Which Originated In Science Fiction

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the science-emulates-science-fiction dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Oxford University Press has a blog post listing nine words used in science and technology which were actually dreamed up by fiction writers. Included on the list are terms like robotics, genetic engineering, deep space, and zero-g. What other terms are sure to follow in the future?"

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  1. Bushed: +1, PatRIOTic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Verb.

    1. To alter the meaning of a word from its original.

    ie. The scientific evidence on global warming was bushed by the adminisration of U.S.A. President George W. Bush.

    2. To have one's civil rights violated without any U.S. Federal Court intervention.

    ie. The ATT whistleblower who revealed the U.S. Federal Governments unauthorized access to ALL of the
    Internet traffice flowing throught their San Francisco pipe
    was bushed by his employer.

    Yours In Communism,
    Kilgore Trout