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15. NPR claims it was originally called the 'goddamn' particle because it was so hard to find.

Wed Jul 4, 2012, 04:45 PM

Jul 2012

Editor cleaned that up a bit.

Skeptical.

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I am so sick of the Higgs Boson being called the "god particle". [View all] Odin2005 Jul 2012 OP

Yup! FiveGoodMen Jul 2012 #1

"the publisher wouldn't let us call it the Goddamn Particle" pokerfan Jul 2012 #2

People have been looking for it fruitlessly forever. dimbear Jul 2012 #3

It does sound ridiculous, doesn't it? Curmudgeoness Jul 2012 #4

I know why they call it that. Gore1FL Jul 2012 #5

oooooooooooh. n/t Betsy Ross Jul 2012 #6

LOL!...alright, No soup for you! BlueJazz Jul 2012 #7

LOL! Odin2005 Jul 2012 #8

Bah dum tss sakabatou Jul 2012 #9

Nice! trotsky Jul 2012 #10

You were watching the Maddow show, I bet! ohgeewhiz Jul 2012 #11

I missed it Gore1FL Jul 2012 #12

That is DUzy material right there tkmorris Jul 2012 #13

It should be called the "He who shall not be named" particle. HopeHoops Jul 2012 #14