spizzerinctum

spizzerinctum
 n.— «For the explosive substance in the bomb hydrogen, he substituted knowledge, and for uranium, the fuse, spizzerinctum. This he defined as “energy ambition and the will to succeed.”» —“Publishers Told Power By Educator” in Chicago Evening Sentinel (Holland, Mich.) Oct. 13, 1961. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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