science fictionary

[Elliott Moreton]

On Thu, 15 May 2003, Ranjit Bhatnagar wrote:

> I recently spotted a wonderful made-up word in a short sci fi story from
> 1960, by Margaret St Clair: "ipsissifex."  Can any of you guess what an
> ipsissifex does?

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A device that builds very good copies of itself??

> So far I've collected ipsissifex, nuse (from the same story), twonky,
> ansible, and interrositer (not sure how to spell that one).

Where are these from?  I only recognize ansible.

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