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Etymology
After an object in David Langford's short story "BLIT".
Noun
Langford's basilisk (plural Langford's basilisks)
- (science fiction) An image which causes insanity or death on viewing.
- Hypernym: cognitohazard
2002 February 27, Charles Stross, “What to throw in?”, in rec.arts.sf.composition (Usenet), message-ID <[email protected]>:Dead easy: the ones who watched it all died. (Invoke Langford's Basilisk if you need a real reason.)
2013 December 29, RecArtsSfPolicyWonk, “What Did You Watch? 2013-12-29 (Saturday)”, in rec.arts.tv (Usenet), message-ID <[email protected]>:The technical term is "Langford basilisk". I expect the real deal would induce nothing more permanent than an inconveniently-timed reboot, if it can even exist.
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