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nuny@bid.nes wrote:
> 
> On Wednesday, September 6, 2017 at 10:59:33 AM UTC-7, The Starfaker wrote:
> > Sun Unleashes Monster Solar Flare
> > https://www.space.com/38057-sun-unleashes-decades-strongest-solar-flare.html
> >
> >
> >
> > So, why do yous people use the word "MONSTER" a lot?
> 
>   So, why do youse religious fuckwads not know the origin of the word "monster"?
> 
>   Again, even Wikipedia gets this right.
> 
>   "The word "monster" derives from Latin monstrum, meaning an aberrant occurrence, usually biological, that was taken as a sign that something was wrong within the natural order."
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster
> 
>   Dr. HotSalt





mon·ster
'mänst?r/
noun
noun: monster; plural noun: monsters

    1.
    an imaginary creature that is typically large, ugly, and frightening.