Etymology

boojum

B3O1O1J8U1M3

Today it means: A geometric pattern sometimes observed on the surface of superfluid helium-3. Full definition →

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The story

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.