[PW] Planet Zenon

[Bisnett, Sandra]

Thank you, Suzy.

Sandra Lee Bisnett
Librarian, Reference Department
Fresno County Library
559 488-2976
 

-----Original Message-----
From: S M Colowick [mailto:januarye at gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 2:55 PM
To: list at project-wombat.org; Bisnett, Sandra
Subject: Re: [PW] Planet Zenon

It could be Xenon, which is the home planet of Roger Wilco in the
Space Quest computer games (http://www.spacequest.net/), the first of
which came out in 1986.

Susie

On 6/29/07, Bisnett, Sandra <Sandra.Bisnett at fresnolibrary.org> wrote:
> My patron wants the origin of the phrase "from Planet Zenon" which
means
> strange, or very different.  She has been using it for over 15 years
and
> is just curious where it came from.
>
> My first thought is that it came from a cartoon but my cartoon
> encyclopedias don't have it.  I also can't find it in our slang or
> phrase dictionaries.
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
>
> Sandra Lee Bisnett
>
> Librarian, Reference Department
>
> Fresno County Library
>
> 559 488-2976