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Noun Concept
Categories: Hoaxes in science, Fictional technology, Fictional objects, 1940s hoaxes, In-jokes
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Turboencabulator  turbo encabulator  Retro-Encabulator  encabulator  Entabulator
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The Turbo Encabulator is a fictional electromechanical machine with a satirical technobabble description that became a famous in-joke among engineers after it was published by the British Institution of Electrical Engineers in their Students' Quarterly Journal in 1944. Wikipedia
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The Turbo Encabulator is a fictional electromechanical machine with a satirical technobabble description that became a famous in-joke among engineers after it was published by the British Institution of Electrical Engineers in their Students' Quarterly Journal in 1944. Wikipedia
A fictional machine whose name is used to illustrate the perils of excessive jargon in technical writing. Wiktionary
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turbo encabulator
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