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(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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I think they just went
"Hey, that thing's got lots of legs. What means 'lots'? Cent, that'll do."

And then they needed something that meant 'more lots than lots', and so millipede.
(, Mon 14 Mar 2011, 13:41, 1 reply, 15 years ago)
They must have discovered the centipeed first then 'cus otherwise they would find the milipeed and think "Fuck me, that's got a lot of legs...
... let's call it the [lots]apede" and then found what we call the centipede and wouldn't have a name for it as the [lots]apede is already taken.
(, Mon 14 Mar 2011, 13:44, Reply)

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