alien space bats

noun

Etymology

Coined in the Usenet newsgroup soc.history.what-if.

Definitions

  1. An implausible point of divergence from reality, used as a plot device in alternate…

    An implausible point of divergence from reality, used as a plot device in alternate history.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for alien space bats. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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