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demon core en · NOUN

Etymology

Referred as such due to its involvement in two fatal criticality accidents at the Los Alamos Laboratory in 1945 and in 1946. In the late 2010s, the circumstances of the second incident were popularized widely by science history videos and internet memes. The noun sense are figuratively derived from the proper noun.

Meanings

  1. (figuratively, uncountable) A essential instance or part of something, especially something malevolent.
    • As Mazzocchi saw it, those chemicals that poisoned his union’s rank and file eventually make their way into communities outside — through the air, soil, and waterways. The factory was therefore the demon core of the environmental crisis. 2017 August 31, Connor Kilpatrick, “Victory Over the Sun”, in Jacobin:
    • That's the demon core of capitalism; you live decades watching companies do what appears to be reasonable, justifiable things and ignore the anti capitalists saying "does this not set a precedent for much more terrifying things?" No, no, ridiculous 2018 April 27, @gravislizard, Twitter:
    • California democrats is the demon core of Hitler partials when it comes to homelessness 2023 October 2, @MalevolentAstra, “Archived copy”, in Twitter, archived from the original on 07 Jun 2024:
  2. (figuratively, humorous, uncountable) Something that is especially dangerous and should not be tampered with, or otherwise reminiscent of the demon core.
    • That this is like the demon core of edibles, you drop it and a whole city is getting high for years afterward. 2024 February 18, @RatboyJon, “Archived copy”, in Twitter, archived from the original on 07 Jun 2024:
    • Is this the demon core of noodles 2022 December 3, /u/isloohik2, “Nookular Noodles”, in Reddit, /r/CuratedTumblr:
    • She's a 'Demon Core' of gay energy. If you drop a screwdriver on one of the piercings, she goes supercritical. 2019 September 27, @VelocityCatte, Twitter:

Relateds

tickle the dragon's tail

Synonyms

beating heart

wikipedia: Demon core#First incident · wikipedia: Demon core#Second incident · wikipedia: Los Alamos Laboratory

demon core en · PROPN

Etymology

Referred as such due to its involvement in two fatal criticality accidents at the Los Alamos Laboratory in 1945 and in 1946. In the late 2010s, the circumstances of the second incident were popularized widely by science history videos and internet memes. The noun sense are figuratively derived from the proper noun.

Meanings

  1. (historical) A spherical subcritical mass of plutonium manufactured during World War II by the United States as a fissile core for an early atomic bomb.

Forms

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Descendants

デーモン・コア · Lõi Quỷ

Translations (6)

vi Lõi Quỷ (spherical mass of plutonium) · es Núcleo del Demonio (spherical mass of plutonium) · pt núcleo do demônio (spherical mass of plutonium) · id Inti iblis (spherical mass of plutonium) · ja デーモン・コア (spherical mass of plutonium) · pl Diabelski rdzeń (spherical mass of plutonium)

wikipedia: Demon core#First incident · wikipedia: Demon core#Second incident · wikipedia: Los Alamos Laboratory