nerdgassing

nerdgassing
 n.— «The word: “Nerdgassing” Definition: The venting nerds emit when some (often minor) detail of a book/movie/TV show/comic book/etc either conflicts with canon and/or handwaves through some some suspect science.» —“Nerdgassing: I Coin This Word In the Name of Humanity” by John Scalzi Whatever June 3, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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