Warp speed

Paul McFedries mailinglists at LOGOPHILIA.COM
Fri Nov 29 12:11:42 UTC 2002


"Warp speed" has become a common synonym for "an extremely fast speed," and
is used all the time without reference to Star Trek. Does anyone know if
"warp speed" was used prior to the original Star Trek series and, if so, who
used it and when?

Thanks.

Paul
http://www.wordspy.com/



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