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So the gnurrs became a [[fannish]] [[catchphrase]]. Sometimes they signify a particularly harried situation, especially one that feels like a lot of hungry little animals all pouring out to gnaw away in a demoralizing fashion. Sometimes it's just fun to say, "The Gnurrs Come from the Voodvork Out!" | So the gnurrs became a [[fannish]] [[catchphrase]]. Sometimes they signify a particularly harried situation, especially one that feels like a lot of hungry little animals all pouring out to gnaw away in a demoralizing fashion. Sometimes it's just fun to say, "The Gnurrs Come from the Voodvork Out!" | ||
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| + | [[Robert Silverberg]] had a long-running column in ''[[Quandry]]'' called “From der Voodvork Out.” | ||
{{Fiction | year=1950}} | {{Fiction | year=1950}} | ||
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[[Category:fanspeak]] | [[Category:fanspeak]] | ||
Revision as of 06:23, 25 August 2020
"The Gnurrs Come from the Voodvork Out" is the title of a 1950 short story by Reginald Bretnor, part of his comic Papa Schimmelhorn series. Papa Schimmelhorn invented a secret weapon — a musical pipe. When it's played, gnurrs swarm out of the woodwork and eat the enemy's pants.
So the gnurrs became a fannish catchphrase. Sometimes they signify a particularly harried situation, especially one that feels like a lot of hungry little animals all pouring out to gnaw away in a demoralizing fashion. Sometimes it's just fun to say, "The Gnurrs Come from the Voodvork Out!"
Robert Silverberg had a long-running column in Quandry called “From der Voodvork Out.”
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