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The awkwardly adorable way seals move on land is called "galumphing" (thumbs.gfycat.com)

submitted 1 year ago by justlookingfordragon@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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[–] fubo@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Well if the physicists can steal "quark" from James Joyce, the sealologists can steal "galumph" from Lewis Carroll.

("Quark" rhymes with "Mark" in the original, though; not with "dork".)

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do people actually pronounce it qork?

[–] gnutrino@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

Murray Gell-Mann did (the guy who named them for anyone unaware). The general opinion seems to have been similar to that of the guy who invented the gif however: just because he named it doesn't mean he wasn't wrong about how it is pronounced.