X-Message-Number: 1116 From: Kevin Q. Brown Subject: Re: Cryonics FAQ 9: Glossary Date: 9 Aug 1992 Subject: Re: Cryonics FAQ 9: Glossary Results of Cryo-Semantic Discussion with Spouse ----------------------------------------------- cryonicist - cryonics researcher (i.e., a cryonics scientist) cryonics practitioner - member of cryonic suspension team cryonics fan - person who likes to talk about cryonics, but is not signed up for suspension (one who "talks the talk") suspension member - person signed up for suspension (one who "walks the walk") cryonaut - person in suspension (suspension member after launching). (Even though NASA calls the entire astronaut corps "astronauts", most people's vision of an astronaut is someone out in space, not just a well-trained wannabe.) traveler - too ambiguous, almost everyone thinks that "traveler" denotes moving around in space, not time time traveler - too science-fiction-ish E.A.Murphy & K.Q.Brown Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=1116