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-"Depite Skinner's claims to have deloused mankind, homunculi fling [[David Payne|Payne]] like a rag doll."+"Depite Skinner's claims to have deloused mankind, homunculi fling [[David Payne|Payne]] like a rag doll." -- ''A Snoutless Setter: Payne Has No Point'', Nick Hook, ed., ''The Whittier Globe'', Dec. 3, 1994.
-: -- ''A Snoutless Setter: Payne Has No Point'', Nick Hook, ed., ''The Whittier Globe'', Dec. 3, 1994.+
== See Also == == See Also ==
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* [[Blindingly Drunk]] * [[Blindingly Drunk]]
* [[Flambini Lamenti|Pope Pius VII]] * [[Flambini Lamenti|Pope Pius VII]]
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-[[Image:Humunculus.jpg|thumb|center|The first homunculus was created by alchemist Paracelsus. It promptly escaped.]]+[[Image:Humunculus.jpg|thumb|center|The first homunculus was created by alchemist [[Paracelsus]]. It promptly escaped.]]
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- +''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Godwin William Godwin], Mary Shelly's father,'' was an avid collector of homunculi.
-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Godwin William Godwin], Mary Shelly's father, was an avid collector of homunculi.+
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homunculus n. 1. A controlling agent or meme, often diminutive in size or concept; the seed of a watermelon. 2. trad. A miniature human being residing in a sperm cell, which, when properly introduced to an egg, will develop into a full-sized person, a tiny golem, or an unseen master inhabiting a human host. 3. A profane creation which thwarts its intended purpose; an unwelcome visitor. 4. The bane of a poob.

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"Depite Skinner's claims to have deloused mankind, homunculi fling Payne like a rag doll." -- A Snoutless Setter: Payne Has No Point, Nick Hook, ed., The Whittier Globe, Dec. 3, 1994.

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Monstrous Science

The first homunculus was created by alchemist . It promptly escaped.
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The first homunculus was created by alchemist Paracelsus. It promptly escaped.

Desiderata


William Godwin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Godwin), Mary Shelly's father, was an avid collector of homunculi.