etymologically, the term Schmoo or Shmoo (typically based on the characteristic shape) originates with the cartoon character popularized by Al Capp: https://en.

etymologically, the term Schmoo or Shmoo (typically based on the characteristic shape) originates with the cartoon character popularized by Al Capp: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shmoo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shmoo A favorite example is the shape of a budding haploid yeast cell, known in the literature as a shmoo (though as that wikipedia page will indicate, there are a lot of other delightful schmoo/shmoo eponyms): https://web.archive.org/web/20071111122821/http://discovermagazine.com/2007/nov/stupid-science-word-of-the-month-shmoo https://web.archive.org/web/20071111122821/http://discoverma...