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corpsicle
noun
a person who has been cryogenically frozen in the hope of later revival in science fiction
1976
, w:Larry Niven, Larry Niven,
A World Out of Time
:
:'Your newspapers called you people
corpsicles
,' said the blond man. 'I never understood what the tapes meant by that.'
:'It comes from Popsicle. Frozen sherbet.' Corbell had used the word himself before he became one of them. One of the
corpsicles
, the frozen dead.
Etymology:
"corpse" + "popsicle"A coinage of author w:Frederik Pohl, Frederik Pohl in
The Age of the Pussyfoot
(1969)
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