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twistorian en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

Etymology

From twistor + -ian.

Meanings

  1. A mathematician who specializes in twistor theory.
    • Twistorians were astounded that string theorists, of all people, had answers to the googly problem and other issues that had vexed them. 2015, George Musser, Spooky Action at a Distance, →ISBN:
    • It is noteworthy that the 'electro- weak' theory seems to offer so helpful a line of advance, and I would suggest that as well as taking twistor diagrams more seriously, twistorians might also take the 'standard model' of quantum field theory more seriously. 1981, Haim Brézis, Jacques-Louis Lions, Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations and Their Applications, →ISBN:
    • This identification, using this resolution, first appeared in twistor theory in [30], before twistorians were aware of the full BGG resolution. 1989, Robert J. Baston, Michael G. Eastwood, The Penrose Transform: Its Interaction With Representation Theory:

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twistorian en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

Etymology

Blend of twist + historian.

Meanings

  1. (derogatory, rare, slang) One who twists history to promote an agenda.
    • The "gas vans" have been debunked years ago and not even the official holohoax twistorians talk of them anymore. 2008 September 1, halle, “Dr. Erhard Wetzel on Gassing Vans”, in alt.revisionism (Usenet):
    • Muhaammed's followers (so-called) were talking of muhammed being a nabi.. a paigamber.. a saint.. not an avtaar og [sic] god homsef [sic]... and now these foolish-rascals are trying to start the new film... avtaar muhammed... what nonsense...evevn a madman or a child could say .. "oh the king is naked" .. heheh... so much for islaam [sic] and its twistorians... ( who rape and mutilatre [sic] and twist history to their own whims and satanic ends... and fantasies)....and what of Vishnu and allah? 2006 February 21, ravi...@yahoo.com, “ALLAH vis-à-vis VISHNU, THE HINDU GOD => IN => BISMILLAHIR- RAHMANIR - RAHIM'”, in alt.religion.islam.shia (Usenet):
    • That is why the twistorians are now attempting to rewrite the founders' own words, most notably in a recent Associated Press (22d February, 1998, Charlottesville _Daily Progress_) article with the ludicrous lying headline "Jefferson sought integrated schools." 1998 March 9, Kevin Alfred Strom, “Western Imperative Network”, in alt.california (Usenet):
    • But, then, what else should we expect from the Ginsu Twistorian other than slicing and dicing? 2000 January 1, cont...@my-deja.com, “Why don't Mormons believe in the trinity?”, in alt.religion.mormon (Usenet):
    • The same guy who is provably a Twistorian, the same guy who is known as the "Ginsu Historian"? 2000 January 30, RocknRollm, “Blood Sacrifices to Satan”, in alt.religion.mormon (Usenet):

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