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
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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

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