English Explanatory Dictionary

thagomizer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An arrangement of spikes found on the tails of various stegosaurs.

Pronunciation

/ˈθæɡ.ə.maɪ.zəɹ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-thagomizer.wav

Word forms

thagomizer thagomizers thagomiser

Etymology

Coined by cartoonist Gary Larson in 1982. His comic strip (image on the right) shows a caveman giving a lecture illustrating this part of a dinosaur, with the caption "Now this end is called the thagomizer... after the late Thag Simmons". See -ize, -er.

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