I don't usually comment on speeling misteaks, but "hormetical" is too odd to let pass.
It seems to be a portmanteau of "hermetic" (sealed tightly like an arcane secret) and "Hormel" (a tinned-foods manufacturer). Granted, this
does go a long way to explaining SPAM.
As for the Fenspace take on this... perhaps emergency rations, guaranteed to be edible (if not palatable) for at least a decade, are hormetically-sealed. Maybe
even with duct tape.
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
It seems to be a portmanteau of "hermetic" (sealed tightly like an arcane secret) and "Hormel" (a tinned-foods manufacturer). Granted, this
does go a long way to explaining SPAM.
As for the Fenspace take on this... perhaps emergency rations, guaranteed to be edible (if not palatable) for at least a decade, are hormetically-sealed. Maybe
even with duct tape.
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012