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  • noun Plural form of whalesong.

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Examples

  • To combat my urge to jump in the Huron River, I've been listening to humpback whalesongs.

    Archive 2009-03-01 weakyknee 2009

  • I don't have all that much to say about the tech singularity, because by definition we can't really extrapolate--sure, we can talk about what the singularity might be, but to imagine life beyond it you need SF lit, and even there, one is always cautioned to Remember Leningrad--in Star Trek IV Starfleet headquarters reports the loss of power and plummeting temperatures in Leningrad as a result of the whalesongs OMG SPOILERS.

    The Singularity yuki_onna 2007

  • I don’t have all that much to say about the tech singularity, because by definition we can’t really extrapolate–sure, we can talk about what the singularity might be, but to imagine life beyond it you need SF lit, and even there, one is always cautioned to Remember Leningrad–in Star Trek IV Starfleet headquarters reports the loss of power and plummeting temperatures in Leningrad as a result of the whalesongs OMG SPOILERS.

    2007 December 18 « Whatever 2007

  • I don’t have all that much to say about the tech singularity, because by definition we can’t really extrapolate–sure, we can talk about what the singularity might be, but to imagine life beyond it you need SF lit, and even there, one is always cautioned to Remember Leningrad–in Star Trek IV Starfleet headquarters reports the loss of power and plummeting temperatures in Leningrad as a result of the whalesongs OMG SPOILERS.

    A Month of Writers, Day Fourteen: Catherynne M. Valente « Whatever 2007

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