Star Trek's favorite non-technobabble polysyllabic word:

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  1. Danoz

    Danoz Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

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    I vote for "anthropomorphic", having heard it used in TNG, DS9 and ENT more than once.
     
  2. Nebusj

    Nebusj Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

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    Understood.
     
  3. Kegek

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    Reroute.

    It comes up in every technobabble speech.

    Honourary mention:
    Fascinating.
     
  4. mythme

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    Anomally
     
  5. greenmystik

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    Anyword with "phase" in it. They tried to tie that to so many words.
     
  6. Finn

    Finn Bad Batch of TrekBBS Admiral

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    Inverted
     
  7. Danoz

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    HEY!
    "polysyllabic" means "more than three syllables"!! :) Come on people ;)
     
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    Any word with "chrono" in it. "Chronotron particles." "Chronoscopic interference." "Chronometric fluctuation." "Chronogenic field." Wow, this is fun... :D
     
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    <GONG!> strike one for technobabble - :lol:

    how about: "entity"
     
  10. RoJoHen

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    Communicate

    As in, "Maybe it's trying to communicate!"
     
  11. Sisu

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    Sentient-being said really fast is 5 syllables so I get to include it.
     
  12. Bill Morris

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    Captain Janeway's favorite was remodulate. :scream:
     
  13. MrPointy

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    Recalibrate
     
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    diagnostic. God, I hate that word and cascading.
     
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    From TOS: "peroration" ("I, Mudd") and "inculcate" ("The Galileo Seven").
     
  16. Kegek

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    No... it means many syllables. :vulcan:

    As in more than monosyllabic.
     
  17. Danoz

    Danoz Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

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    Aye, the root word is "many" but it's generally used to refer to longer words.
     
  18. Kegek

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    Generally, yup. But I just love being pedantic. :vulcan:
     
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    Since it echoed in the movie, does KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN COUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNT?
     
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