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robotjohnny (1407 words)
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(fd) A fission boat.
(Thanks R Thomas)
I'm down with what you're saying Sionnach, that quarks have a certain charm, although that sounds pretty strange. You're usually on top of such things, and cut straight to what's up and getting to the bottom of such things. Hopefully bashing WordNet is just a flavor of the week, since it isn't actually a dictionary.
@sionnach: I apologise for my ignorant apostrophe: consider it removed.
I didn't know that Joyce invented quarks. Hail Wordie!
SoG. Yes it does, courtesy of Murray Gell-Mann. Though, for reasons which are obscure (to me, at any rate), the name of Joyce's {magnum opus/convoluted practical joke on scholars} is written without an apostrophe.
I believe the word comes from Finnegan's Wake by James Joyce.
I think quarks have a certain je ne sais quoi, how you say it, charm.
Unless you are in Germany where quark is just another name for a faintly gritty yogurt-like substance.
But it's not a true hypothesis--it's a hypothetical, truly fundamental particle... or am I misunderstanding?
Ah, who cares. It's still WeirdNet.
I'm fascinated by true hypotheses. I sprinkle them in the garden between the gnomes.