[Physicist]

I've read that Russian astronomers refuse to use the term "black hole" because it translates to their expression for anus. They say "collapsed stellar object" instead.

No, the Russians use the term "brown star", but American astronomers have in turn balked at that.

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[Godebert]

"No, the Russians use the term "brown star", but American astronomers have in turn balked at that."

I'm just suprised that nobody has complained about the term "Brown-Dwarf". I wonder if a lawyer could keep a straight face saying: "We represent the Lollipop-kids...the lollipop-kids...the lollipop-kids." Oh...never mind, they were midgets.