Re: CRYO: "Ischemia" vs. "Reversibly dead"

From: Robert Sweeney (Robert.Sweeney@morganstanley.com)
Date: Tue Apr 24 2001 - 15:25:47 MDT


John Marlow wrote:
>
> I suggest a choice among the following terms:
>
> "Happy Sleep" (positive and uplifting)
> "Pseudodead" (an unHappy medium)
> "Cryoslumber" (taking a page from conventional funerology)
> "Undead" (nasty vampish connotation, however--though with Noni as
> Minavamp, you might want to count me in)
> "Popsicle" (implying that, while presently frozen, the stiff may be
> thawed and enjoyed at some future time; doubly effective when
> freezing Dad)
>
> jm

"Corpsicle" was Larry Niven's term. Yummy yummy!

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