• toynbee@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    As a kid, I learned the word “verdant” by reading a Spider-Man novel in which Peter realized an organization was nefarious by recognizing the root “verde” in the name.

    I think that, in the story, the organization was trying to reproduce The Hulk. Hence, green.

    • Archpawn@lemmy.world
      2·
      12 days ago

      I learned it from the Verdant Flammable Device in A Series of Unfortunate Events.