Talk:Spock
Latest comment: 2 years ago by Metaknowledge in topic RFV discussion: September–October 2021
Etymology
[edit]Doesn't this derive from w:Star Trek? 70.55.85.177 10:51, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
- No; the name existed before Star Trek. The famous pediatrician Bejamin Spock was born in 1903, long before Star Trek was created. --EncycloPetey 23:16, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
Usage
[edit]Isn't this also used the same way as Vulcan is? (ie. the pejorative definition) 70.55.85.177
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Rfv-sense: To look, to see, to check out. - uppercase Hawaiian Creole verb. ORLY? MooreDoor (talk) 15:50, 10 September 2021 (UTC)
- move to spock?
- Dennis Carroll (ed.), Kumu Kahua Plays, 1983 ([1]): "I spock you guys lata." (p. 183), "Eh, you shua you neva spock om in da wata too?" (p. 189), "spock /spak/ To see. [From English slang 'spark']" (p. 245, inside the Glossary).
- --Myrelia (talk) 12:55, 12 September 2021 (UTC)