hypersigil
n.— «According to today’s Disinfo e-newsletter, Invisibles author Grant Morrison is working on a book with Disinfo founder Richard Metzger. This should be interesting, since Morrison has talked about Invisibles as a “hypersigil” and Metzger has described Disinfo as a sigil.» —“Grant Morrison working on book with Disinfo founder” Usenet: alt.fan.rawilson Jan. 15, 2003. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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