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[-] lugal@sopuli.xyz 29 points 6 months ago

What was the technical term for this? Something like crabbification but more fancy

[-] skulblaka@startrek.website 23 points 6 months ago

Carcinisation. Presumably rooted in the Cancer crab constellation.

[-] Reddfugee42@lemmy.world 15 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Lol, the term and the constellation both refer to the ~~Latin~~ Greek word for crab

[-] skulblaka@startrek.website 10 points 6 months ago

That makes perfect sense and 2 seconds of thinking about it probably would have led me to that conclusion. Thanks for the clarification.

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