Fwd: Re: Popsicle

[Laurence Horn]

At 7:59 PM -0700 4/3/10, Dave Wilton wrote:
>Prucher's Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction has:
>
>1966 R. C. W. Ettinger _Worlds of Tomorrow_ (Nov.) 71/2: His wife Mildred,
>has made many contributions, including a new name for the frozen, brittle
>people: Homo Snapiens. (This is certainly more dignified than Fred Pohl's
>"corpsesicles.")
>
>1969 F. Pohl _Age of Pussyfoot_ 210: It is true, however, that no corpsicle
>has yet been thawed and returned to life.
>
>>>From the first quote, it would seem the Pohl had an earlier use of the term,
>but it's not in the dictionary.

Ah, Fredrik Pohl--that rings true.  I say this deserves an OED entry,
but then it's always been one of my favorite portmanteaux, so I'm
prejudiced.

LH

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>>... then there's the derived "corpsicle" for a cryogenically stored corpse.
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>>Robin
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>Oops, sorry, Robin, missed your post until after posting mine.  But
>the question still stands--who and when?
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>LH
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