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单词 Sturgeon's Law
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Definition of Sturgeon's Law in English:

Sturgeon's Law

(also Sturgeon's law)
noun ˌstəːdʒ(ə)nz ˈlɔː
  • A humorous aphorism which maintains that most of any body of published material, knowledge, etc., or (more generally) of everything is worthless: based on a statement by Sturgeon, usually later cited as ‘90 per cent of everything is crap’.

Origin

1960s. From the genitive of the name of Theodore H. Sturgeon, U.S. science fiction writer + law.

Definition of Sturgeon's Law in US English:

Sturgeon's Law

(also Sturgeon's law)
nounˌstəːdʒ(ə)nz ˈlɔː
  • A humorous aphorism which maintains that most of any body of published material, knowledge, etc., or (more generally) of everything is worthless: based on a statement by Sturgeon, usually later cited as ‘90 per cent of everything is crap’.

Origin

1960s. From the genitive of the name of Theodore H. Sturgeon, U.S. science fiction writer + law.

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