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 nostr:npub1mk9ezfwp0glha855ea5x7y5h4r678vqpurvfpxf50srv4ddvrawsendqzy nostr:npub1rx70rmvsu82fhl8jgd8w5zc9hn26hjeydqq2cuekmteqryf40aas9hacx3 I slipped a marginalium into one of my intro physics lab manuals glossing "coax cable" as deriving from Greek κοαχ=frog because it makes a frog croak when you rub it together (which it really does, at least for the cables that we had). I waited years for a student to trigger a collective groan, but no such student came my way.