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The awkwardly adorable way seals move on land is called "galumphing" (thumbs.gfycat.com)
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[–] 15 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

Well if the physicists can steal "quark" from James Joyce, the sealologists can steal "galumph" from Lewis Carroll.

("Quark" rhymes with "Mark" in the original, though; not with "dork".)

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