[PW] Planet Zenon

[Edward Franchuk]

Sandra 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.Others have given the correct spelling and have identified it from Superman up to modern computer games. I'll just add that the ultimate origin is the Greek word _xeno_, stranger, which otherwise survives in English _xenophobia_, for instance.
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