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hypergolic
a. applied to rocket fuel which ignites spontaneously on contact with an oxidizing agent.
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From Atomica: From German Hypergol, a hypergolic fluid propellant : from hyper-, extreme (from Greek huper-; see hyper–) + Greek ergon, work Pretty cool--getting double the use out of the "er" part. Hypergol sounds like it might be a brand name--do you know, wsieber? Wonder why they didn't call it Hypergon?
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From German Hypergol, a hypergolic fluid propellant : from hyper-, extreme (from Greek huper-; see hyper–) + Greek ergon, work
Pretty cool--getting double the use out of the "er" part.
And what would they have done if it were hypo- -ergon?
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hyper-, extreme ... + ergon, work
Have we just now coined a new noun, hypergon (= workaholic)?
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And there was me thinking you were referring to a golliwog on speed ...
The idiot also known as Capfka ...
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