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A bestiary of exotic hadrons

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152 points rbanffy | 4 comments | 20 Dec 24 15:29 UTC | HN request time: 0.8s | source
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linsomniac ◴[20 Dec 24 16:37 UTC] No.42472530[source]▶
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1. thih9 ◴[20 Dec 24 22:21 UTC] No.42475666[source]▶
There is a nonzero chance this was intentional. There is a long tradition; an article about the “Queen Mary” vessel being cleaned was allegedly titled “Queen Mary Having Bottom Scraped”.
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2. pvg ◴[21 Dec 24 13:47 UTC] No.42479644[source]▶
They didn't intentionally make up the common particle physics term 'hadron'.
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3. thih9 ◴[21 Dec 24 22:13 UTC] No.42482773[source]▶
Note, you can make wordplay without making up words. Especially if a word is commonly[1] misspelled.

[1]: https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/19/15831520/typos-large-hadr...

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4. pvg ◴[21 Dec 24 22:29 UTC] No.42482852{3}[source]▶
What is the intentional wordplay here though? Just the mention of hadron? I don't think that really clears the bar to even single entendre.