ext_12863 ([identity profile] james-nicoll.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] james_davis_nicoll 2012-09-12 04:00 am (UTC)

Well, SF is good for expanding certain specific kinds of vocabulary. I have no doubt if it wasn't for books like Sands of Mars, I'd think areology was the study of the pigmented area around nipples.
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