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		zestyping on Feb 9, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Words known better by males than females, and vice... I'm really surprised "boson" did so well with women. Or, more precisely, that "boson" and "femtosecond" are so far apart. "Boson" seems far more obscure.

escapedmoose on Feb 9, 2022 [–]

But the Higgs boson! Who doesn’t remember the good old Higgs boson?

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