thagomizer

== English == === Alternative forms === thagomiser === Etymology === Coined by cartoonist Gary Larson in 1982. His comic strip (image on the right) shows a caveman giving a lecture illustrating this part of a dinosaur, with the caption "Now this end is called the thagomizer... after the late Thag Simmons". See -ize, -er. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈθæɡ.ə.maɪ.zəɹ/ === Noun === thagomizer (plural thagomizers) An arrangement of spikes found on the tails of various stegosaurs. ==== Quotations ==== For more quotations using this term, see Citations:thagomizer. ==== Translations ====