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Popularized in Philip K. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968); originally the name of a SF fanzine, from the humorous interpretation of Kipling as a participle.
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Today it means: Useless items; junk; clutter; (originally) a force of entropy. Full definition →
Popularized in Philip K. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968); originally the name of a SF fanzine, from the humorous interpretation of Kipling as a participle.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.