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Re:An amphibian fungus has become “the most deadly pathogen ... by mehrdadn on Thursday March 28, 2019 @06:25PM (#19517251)
I just realized something from this comment. Asteroid is aster + oid... i.e. like a star (aster), but isn't. Hadn't realized it before!
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Re:An amphibian fungus has become “the most deadly pathogen ... by amelius on Thursday March 28, 2019 @06:33PM (#19517313)
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-oid
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Re:An amphibian fungus has become “the most deadly pathogen ... by mehrdadn on Thursday March 28, 2019 @06:37PM (#19517349)
It wasn't that I had no idea what -oid meant (humanoid etc. made it fairly obvious), it was just that seeing it spelled out explicitly made me make a connection I hadn't before. Similarly with Android -- never realized it's andro (man) + [o]id.
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Re:An amphibian fungus has become “the most deadly pathogen ... by kumarharsh on Friday March 29, 2019 @04:45AM (#19520045)
"Void = v, but not really."

I'll get my hat...

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Re:An amphibian fungus has become “the most deadly pathogen ... by mehrdadn on Friday March 29, 2019 @03:01AM (#19519699)
Yeah, thanks! :)
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