Floon

@hteasley.bsky.social

4 weeks ago

Watching the new Dinosaurs show on Netflix... Ep 2, allosaurus is about to attack a stego, and Morgan Freeman is saying, "but the Stegosaurus has evolved the perfect weapon..." and I'm giddy with excitment. "SAY IT! SAY IT!"

"...called the thagomizer."

YES!

#Netflix #Dinosaurs #ThagSimmons

MathiasTCK.bsky.social

@mathiastck.bsky.social

9 months ago

#Etymology

A cartoon of a group of cavemen. One points at a diagram of a dinosaur's tail with four spikes. The caption reads, "Now, this end is called the thagomizer...after the late #ThagSimmons."

"The term #thagomizer was coined by #GaryLarson in jest. "