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Re:The Unicorns Fell into a Ditch by riffraff on Monday May 18, 2020 @06:09PM (#23228975)
Notice "alicorn" is actually the name of the unicorns' horn, historically.

At some point people started using it for winged unicorns, presumably because "Ali" would be Latin for "wings" but this seems a recent development.

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Re:The Unicorns Fell into a Ditch by duaoebg on Monday May 18, 2020 @06:35PM (#23229178)
I wonder if it’s My Little Pony related
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Re:The Unicorns Fell into a Ditch by egypturnash on Monday May 18, 2020 @07:59PM (#23229799)
MLP popularized this usage but it predates that.
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