• usernamefactory@lemmy.ca
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    13 days ago

    Term coined by someone working on an obscure Star Trek knockoff in the 1970s. A little more warlike, as I recall, not really worth watching of course.

    • otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      13 days ago

      TBF, though Lucas allegedly coined (more accurately attributed to “model makers at ILM” instead of that assclown), various different projects’ teams used terms like “wiggets” (2001:SO; <1968) and “nurnies” (B5; <1993) over the years, and the “greeble” version became popular only recently, in fact.

      edit: my bad, didn’t clock the “source” of OP’s “fact” until just now