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boojum

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English

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A boojum tree
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Etymology

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Nonsense word from The Hunting of the Snark by Lewis Carroll.

Noun

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boojum (plural boojums)

  1. (physics) A geometric pattern sometimes observed on the surface of superfluid helium-3.
  2. (countable) A species of tree (Fouquieria columnaris) native to Baja California, Mexico.
  3. Something mysterious and dangerous.
    • 2024 October 8, Harry Blank, “The Foreseeable Future”, in Deadlined, →ISBN, page 810:
      Her long-term projects were all dealt with. The antimemetics groups would keep plugging away without her regular input. Wheeler would find a new boojum to hunt, and be hunted by. Bernie was as much at rest as he would ever be. Euler's fight… well. That was in the future.

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Noun

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boojum

  1. cirio (plant).
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