CCalypsoGirl lemmy.today2Hide 2 repliesSerious question: when has anything ever turned into a worm? All I can fathom is if a centipede gets into an accident in which all its legs are amputated.4Reply
tthefluffiest feddit.nl3Hide 3 repliesIf it’s an obsolete word now, was there ever a time it was in regular use? In other words, was there a time people turned into worms all the time?16Reply
ppirc_lover replyfeddit.ukThat’s not its only meaning! One of the others is the holes left by woodworm, and it comes up in a Thomas Hardy novel (I think Tess?). I love this word!1Reply
CCalypsoGirl replylemmy.today1Hide 1 replyI skimmed through that article so hard looking for the moment the crystals would turn into a worm. Was disappointed.3Reply
edinbruh replyfeddit.itThe crystals turn into worms when a machines vermiculates them to be used as insulation material1Reply
TomMasz piefed.socialI would have to love you first. And since you asked that question, I would say that could never happen.3Reply
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Serious question: when has anything ever turned into a worm?
All I can fathom is if a centipede gets into an accident in which all its legs are amputated.
In the Dune books
Maybe a suicide bomber 😬
If it’s an obsolete word now, was there ever a time it was in regular use? In other words, was there a time people turned into worms all the time?
That’s not its only meaning! One of the others is the holes left by woodworm, and it comes up in a Thomas Hardy novel (I think Tess?). I love this word!
Only during the wormocalypse
We all turn to worms eventually.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermiculite
Relevant
I skimmed through that article so hard looking for the moment the crystals would turn into a worm. Was disappointed.
The crystals turn into worms when a machines vermiculates them to be used as insulation material
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vermiculation
wormyculation
But in German
"Wurmifizierung" or "Verwurmung"
I would have to love you first. And since you asked that question, I would say that could never happen.