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The awkwardly adorable way seals move on land is called "galumphing"(thumbs.gfycat.com)

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DessertStorms@kbin.social
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I’m in this post, and actually, I’m ok with it… ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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omgarm@feddit.nl
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Pretty sure its boing-boing-boing-ing.

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fubo@lemmy.world
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Well if the physicists can steal “quark” from James Joyce, the sealologists can steal “galumph” from Lewis Carroll.

(“Quark” rhymes with “Mark” in the original, though; not with “dork”.)

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Sanctus@lemmy.world
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Do people actually pronounce it qork?

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gnutrino@programming.dev
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Murray Gell-Mann did (the guy who named them for anyone unaware). The general opinion seems to have been similar to that of the guy who invented the gif however: just because he named it doesn’t mean he wasn’t wrong about how it is pronounced.

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Endorkend@kbin.social
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Imagine how stupid we look to water dwellers with our methods of self propelled moving trough water.

I bet the water fauna doesn’t consider it swimming either and probably would have some funny name for it if they used a universal language.

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GreenMario@lemm.ee
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Whale: look at the hairless ape galumphing. They’re so cute 🥰

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WorldWideLem@lemmy.world
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It’s just sinking with style

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bfg9k@lemmy.world
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Czarrie@lemm.ee
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There it is!

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Squanchin' it@lemmy.one
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coaxil@lemm.ee
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This one always gets me, hahhahaha

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Squanchin' it@lemmy.one
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fucking same!

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