Zeerust

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Datedness of something originally intended to seem futuristic. uncountable

    "It also features a nice bit of Zeerust in the form of a carefully reproduced Hollerith card."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A town in the province of North West, South Africa.
  2. 2
    A locality in the City of Greater Shepparton, north eastern Victoria, Australia.

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"It also features a nice bit of Zeerust in the form of a carefully reproduced Hollerith card."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Coined by British science fiction writer and humorist Douglas Adams and British television producer and writer John Lloyd in The Meaning of Liff (1983), from Zeerust, the name of a town in South Africa. By folk etymology, connected semantics to rust.

Etymology 2

A shortening of Coetzee('s) Rust, Coetzee being a surname. Rust is probably from Dutch rust (“rest”).

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