Talk:Husnock

Slang

I removed this section from the page:

In recent years, the term Husnock has also come to be used in slang to describe a hostile and overbearing woman, most often in a very negative tone. The original Husnock aliens were described as highly aggressive and destructive and such behavior is often indicated when referring to a woman as a Husnock.

I have never heard this use of the word, or in fact any use of the term "Husnock" outside a discussion of this particular Star Trek episode. I did a Google search and was unable to find any use of the word in the manner of which you speak, either. I did a Google search on "husnock woman" and the only references it found were derived from this article. On what basis do you say that "Husnock" has become a slang word? Can you please show me some web pages or other material which use it to call someone a "hostile and overbearing woman"? - Brian Kendig 21:09, 11 Jan 2005 (UTC)

With all respect to your deletion, I reverted it becuase you didn't give anyone a chance to explain the section or where it came from before you deleted a third of this article. To answer the question, the slang reference comes from a very fascinating essay that I read in 1997 at Virginia Tech written by one of thier professors. I think it was entitled "metaphorical usage of science fiction" or something like that. In it, it spoke of several science fiction terms which had been applied in literature to represent common things and people. Husnock was specifically mentioned. On top of that, there was a series of short stories written for Twilight Zone magazine circa 1999-2000. It dealt with an alien race called the Husnock whose actions were metaphors of a scorned woman. My enjoyment of the name happened to come from those short stories. In any event, I will rewrite the section to make it clear that this is in reference to literature metaphors and not slang. That would be better than summarily deleting. -Husnock 11Jan05

So you're saying that a series of short stories in a magazine used the word "Husnock", and that someone wrote an essay saying that it has been applied in literature. I seriously don't think this qualifies as the term having become "slang", or even as a "literature metaphor". Instead of making that claim, why not just specifically mention the Twilight Zone magazine short story which used the term? - Brian Kendig 03:19, 12 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Your cleanup was right on the money. I added some more to it and now the article looks good. -Husnock

Terrific! One suggestion: if you want, would you consider creating a new article for The Survivors (Star Trek episode) and move the plot info there, leaving this article to focus on the race itself? - Brian Kendig 07:24, 12 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Bad Rumor

For the record, the stuff about Husnock being a metaphor for women was a bad rumor. I did some checking on the old papers form college and that was started by a single person for the purpose of writing up a research paper. It has no basis with any other source as far as I can tell. So...I admit...its wrong. Gone from article. -Husnock 25Mar05

Past tense?

Since the Husnock are destroyed (not just one, not just a hundred, but all of them), shouldn't the the article start "The Husnock were a fictional alien race..." (or some variation along those lines)? Just a thought.--ndyguy 22:06, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Why? They're still just as fictional as they were before. Just because they're gone within that fiction doesn't change the fact that they "are" a fictional alien race. If you wanted to put it in past tense properly it would be "The Husnock are a fictional extinct alien race" or something like that, but that just gets too confusing, so better to leave it as is. --Maelwys 13:41, 22 December 2006 (UTC)