Word/Phrase origins

Word/Phrase	Origin
black hole	John Archibald Wheeler said he coined 'black holes' as a faster way to say 'completely collapsed objects'. Before Wheeler’s use of "black hole," in 1967, these objects were referred to as "gravitationally collapsed objects" or "frozen stars"
dinosaur	Richard Owen coined the word 'dinosaur' in 1842
malaria	malaria originates from Italian phrase "mala aria" meaning 'bad air'
pandemonium	John Milton coined the word Pandemonium in his epic poem Paradise Lost, first published in 1667. In the poem, Pandemonium refers to the capital city of Hell.
pathfinder	James Fenimore Cooper coined the word when he titled his 1840 novel 'The Pathfinder'
robot	Czech playwright Karel Čapek introduced the word 'robot' in his 1920 play "R.U.R." (Rossum's Universal Robots). Karel Čapek credited his brother, Josef Čapek, with suggesting the term. In the play, robots are artificial human-like beings created to perform labor for humans. The word "robot" comes from the Czech word "robota", which means "forced labor" or "drudgery."

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