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I don't think anyone associates ether with a drug first. From Thesaurus: "ether - the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was bel
by Geee 13y ago
I don't think anyone associates ether with a drug first.
From Thesaurus: "ether - the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies"
- kordless 13y ago"composing all heavenly bodies" Perfect name.
- gatehouse 13y agomaybe it's just me and wikipedia.
- rch 13y agoAnd the late Hunter S. Thompson. It's the first thing I thought of too.
- anonymouz 13y agoThough another spelling of that is "aether" (I think this is more common than "ether"). Ethers are also a group of rather common organical compounds in chemistry. This is the page Wikipedia gives you when searching "Ether", as gateway allures to. Apparently, a specific compound of those (diethyl ether) can be used as a drug. Seems rather unlikely to me that people would connect the name to the drug first.
- waterlesscloud 13y agoAnd ethernet. Kids today.
- eigenrick 13y ago"There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ethereum binge." Appologies to Hunter S. Thompson
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