Lipiecki

When a Diplomacy player writes convoy orders wrong.

P1: Hey! My convoy orders failed!
P2: You wrote them wrong, that's why! You pulled a Lipiecki!

technetium

A silvery element, at. no. 43, symbol Tc, that does not appear to occur in the Earth's crust at all due to its radioactivity. It is the lightest radioactive element and is produced by deuteron bombardment of molybdenum.

Technetium is one of the most powerfull preventatives of rust.

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deuteron

A deuterium nucleus; namely, a proton and a neutron. It is used in nuclear applications, such as the bombardment of molybdenum plates to create technetium plates. With an electron, it forms the stable hydrogen isotope of deuterium or "heavy hydrogen", symbol D, atomic wt. 2. Water with both hydrogens replaced by deuterium is called "heavy water" (D2O), and is used as a moderator in the harnessing of nuclear fuels.

I swear that deuterons have somethingy to do with the book of Deuteronomy, 5th book of the Old Testament.

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helium

The light of the noble gasses, at. no. 2, used as a lifting agent for zeppelins and balloons. If you inhale it, your voice will sound really funny like you're pinching your nose. Just don't asphyxiate yourself, or you'll be sorry.

When he let go of his balloon, it floated up into the air because of the helium inside it.

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mantako

A quaint little site where people spam the glory out of... posting, I guess. And I'm not sure about that glory either.

But most importantly is that I help run the place.

I am a mod at mantako.

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hydrogen

The first element on the periodic table. Burns with glee when lit, and explodes when lit near oxygen.

That stupid guy lit some hydrogen he mixed with some oxygen.

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allotrope

one of at least two different forms of an element. Different allotropes of a substance often have very different properties from each other; e.g. white phosphorus (P4) is a highly reactive and toxic substance that glows in air due to its high reactivity and possesses a molecular structure, while red phosphorus (the stuff used to make strikers on match boxes) is a non-toxic substance that has a polymeric structure.

White tin is a shiny, electrically conductive metal usefull for plating cans to prevent corrosion, while gray tin is a semiconductor that possesses no uses whatsoever

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