Word: turbo
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Super Turbo-Encabulator
Being of the engineering profession, I was impressed by the profundity of the article, "For Nofer Trunnions" [TIME, April 15] ... in which the veil of secrecy was partially drawn from the "Turbo-Encabulator...
...sackful of mail we have received from you is any indication, the story of "The Turbo-Encabulator in Industry" struck many a responsive chord. Aside from those of you who wanted to be reassured that TIME hadn't been taken in, we received the customary complaints about using too much technical jargon for the layman, observations such as "My husband says it sounds like a new motor; I say it sounds like a dictionary that has been struck by lightning"; suggestions that it "might have come out of the mouth of Danny Kaye," and plaintive queries like: "Is this...
...some the turbo-encabulator sounded as though it would be a "wonderful machine for changing baby's diapers." A reader from Hoboken assumed that it would be on sale soon in Manhattan department stores. Many of you wrote in to thank us for illuminating what you have long wanted to tell your scientist friends...
...adjunct to the turbo-encabulator, employed whenever a barescent skor motion is required...