# Is This A BioNerd Urban Legend?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-bionerd-urban-legend/23184>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 22, 2000, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-bionerd-urban-legend/23184 "2000-06-22T12:07:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2000, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-bionerd-urban-legend/23184/21 "2000-06-24T07:02:19Z")

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Carnivorous: I know what you mean. I used to work in my university library. Sometimes I’d read all the way through slow afternoons.

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**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2000, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-bionerd-urban-legend/23184/22 "2000-06-29T00:30:31Z")

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[http://www.comics.com/comics/nonsequitur/archive/cal-37.html](http://www.comics.com/comics/nonsequitur/archive/cal-37.html)

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**Author:** ![tcburnett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@tcburnett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tcburnett)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2000, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-bionerd-urban-legend/23184/23 "2000-06-29T00:44:50Z")

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> Has anyone ever named a species with some particularly offensive characteristic (like spitting poison, or emitting a foul odor) after a colleague that they specifically disliked?

No, but I called her a bad name once.

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