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[–] TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works 8 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

it is. this is just word theft. ;p

[–] SirSamuel@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

The term "greeblies" was coined by George Lucas in the 1970s to describe details on model ships used in the production of Star Wars

;-P

[–] TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

well George stole it from cats. I don't have proof but it's what cats would want.

[–] SirSamuel@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

That's… that's 100% believable. After all, he stole Chewbacca from Russian (собака)

As we say when we're camping with no signal, I don't have the Internet, so it must be true