By bombarding a special mixture of acetone and benzene with oscillating sound waves, the researchers caused bubbles in the mixture to expand and then violently collapse. This technique, which has been dubbed sonofusion, produces a shock wave that has the potential to fuse nuclei together, according to the team.Sonofusion. Yeahright. Someone telephone the neologism police. Scientists should stick to science. Destroying our beloved mother tongue should be left to the experts: Television and Texans.
This would make more sense:
"By bombarding a special mixture of acetone and benzene with oscillating sound waves, the researchers caused bubbles in the mixture to expand and then violently collapse. This technique, which has been dubbed Hip-Hop, produces a shock wave that has the potential to fuse nuclei together, according to the team."
There. Thats better
Ya'll be right bout dat.
Oops, that was Carville Cajun.
So what descriptive term do YOU suggest to replace it???
Think of the poor computer scientist who invented the pointing device. I saw a video of his presentation.
"We call it a mouse- I don't know why- the name just stuck. But I'm sure the marketing folks will come up with something better."
Let's not let English become as rigid and ossified as German, where they string five or six good German words together rather than use a "new" word:
panzerkampfwagen- "armored war wagon" = tank
fliegerabwehrkanone- "air defense cannon" = AA gun
Schutzenpanzerwagen= "assault armored wagon" = APC