The common language of the future

[communicator]

Metafilter had a link to this list on Tech Republic, of '75 words every SF fan should know'. That is, terms that you ought to be familiar with. I'm not over-impressed by the list (below the cut). As someone on metafilter said 'Any self-purported "Words all Sci-Fi fan must know" list that doesn't include Ansible is DOA, as far as I'm concerned.' I

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[ajr]

I managed 43, I think. It might be lower if it turns out I have misunderstood some.

As drplokta says, a lot of them seem rather outdated. "TANSTAAFL" (There ain't no such thing as a free lunch) was one that jumped out at me.

[applez]

Tellurian is the old skool name that jumped out at me.

[andrewducker]

Tellurian is one I haven't heard outside of EE Doc Smith...

[applez]

It's also a misnamed Star Trek race, as I recall.

[communicator]

MYOB is one like that that I remember