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- noun Alternative spelling of
unobtanium .
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Examples
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For example, during the development and service period of the SR-71 Blackbird spy plane, engineers working for Lockheed Corporation at the Skunk Works used the term unobtainium as a dysphemism for titanium.
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Look, HG Wells had Cavorite, and the 'unobtainium' is clearly Cavorite in disguise.
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The techno-geek community was dealing in unobtainium long before James Cameron heard of it.
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The precious ore, "unobtainium" - nice pun Cameron - so sought after isn't even given enough of a back-story for audiences to understand why it may be so precious.
Iowa State Daily 2009
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In it, we see the mad preppy corporate guy, head of the mining operation who employs a small army of former marines for security and directs them to attack the Na'vi people because his company wants the blang - a mineral called unobtainium - that's underneath the soil in
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In it, we see the mad preppy corporate guy, head of the mining operation who employs a small army of former marines for security and directs them to attack the Na'vi people because his company wants the blang - a mineral called unobtainium - that's underneath the soil in
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In it, we see the mad preppy corporate guy, head of the mining operation who employs a small army of former marines for security and directs them to attack the Na'vi people because his company wants the blang - a mineral called unobtainium - that's underneath the soil in
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Tell them that diplomacy and aid work better than bombs, and that we do not need unobtainium, which is called that for a reason, although we know it as "oil".
An Avatar Awakening 2009
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The action unfolds in the year 2154 on the distant planet Pandora which is in the process of being invaded by SecFor (as in Security Force, get it?), a U.S. military-industrial complex/corporate conglomerate with designs on a rare mineral called unobtainium (as in not obtainable, get it?).
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The action unfolds in the year 2154 on the distant planet Pandora which is in the process of being invaded by SecFor (as in Security Force, get it?), a U.S. military-industrial complex/corporate conglomerate with designs on a rare mineral called unobtainium (as in not obtainable, get it?).
brandelion commented on the word unobtainium
a material so rare or expensive it is unobtainable
December 10, 2006
edwardvielmetti commented on the word unobtainium
i've heard that word recently in my own office!
December 12, 2006
sonofgroucho commented on the word unobtainium
Excellent word.
December 31, 2006
garyth123 commented on the word unobtainium
read this recently in a Stephen Fry column in The Guardian.
December 22, 2008
lampbane commented on the word unobtainium
Possibly the stupidest thing about the Avatar movie.
January 13, 2010