English Explanatory Dictionary

Klaatu barada nikto

English dictionary entry

Meanings

phrase
  1. A stock science-fiction phrase, typically used as a code or shibboleth.

Word forms

Klaatu barada nikto

Etymology

From the 1951 film The Day the Earth Stood Still, in which an alien named Klaatu tells an Earthwoman a code phrase for his robot Gort. See first citation.

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