> you still think that all scientists ...

Please note, I wrote 'your average science buff'. Bean, I'm interested in science too, o.k. I subscribe to Scientific American, I have spoken to physicists at length about CERN and I even read a book by S. Hawking. I'm sure your a stand-up, out-doorsy guy and that your pyhsics friends are likewise; therefore I herewith rescind my hasty comments based on my loathing of this science neologism, which, in many respects epitomises the struggle between old, and familiar language, and the perpetual spiral of formation as exemplified (hold me!) by this creation, which if accepted by peers may one day become standard language. Either way, I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole, particle physicist or not.