Slang Word-Coiners

[Grant Barrett]

On 3/21/02 13:51, "James A. Landau" <JJJRLandau at AOL.COM> wrote:

> Gene Rhoddenberry, creator of Star Trek, for such expressions as "warp/warp
> speed" (used for an operating system from IBM), "phaser", "mind touch", "beam
> me down" (as in "beam me down, Scotty, there's no intelligent life down
> here.") and "that does not compute".

These are better remembered as "mind meld" and "beam me up." Also, "does not
compute" was made popular by Lost in Space, I believe, not Star Trek. And
just for the record, it's Roddenberry.