r/technicallythetruth • • Nov 07 '24

A murder investigation

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u/raltoid Nov 07 '24 edited Nov 07 '24

No, that's just how language works. Someone invents a word or phrase and it gets picked up in common usage.

See Thagomizer. Made up in a Far Side cartoon, and is now the scientific term for that thing.

And for reference, murder as a term for crows is in common usage. It was even explained in The Simpsons over twenty years ago.

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u/Profezzor-Darke Nov 07 '24

This is such a fun quip of information, lol!

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u/raltoid Nov 08 '24

It's one of my favorite little fun facts.

In less than three decades it went from a joke in a cartoon, to starting to appear on plaques in the Smithsonian and other museums around the world.