cone
n.— «Where scientists are never addressed as doctor because everyone has a Ph.D.; instead they’re affectionately known as “cones” as in cone heads.» —“Los Alamos’ Future Up In The Air” in Los Alamos, N.M. CBSNews.com Aug. 7, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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