Etymology

Klaatu barada nikto

Today it means: A stock science-fiction phrase, typically used as a code or shibboleth. Full definition →

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The story

From the 1951 film The Day the Earth Stood Still, in which an alien named Klaatu tells an Earthwoman a code phrase for his robot Gort. See first citation.

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