Outrageously Funny Word Dictionary :: Rpl23 fusion

👉 The word "rpL23" is a term coined by scientists to describe a rare, highly toxic form of plasmid (a type of DNA), first discovered in 1976 at the University of California, Los Angeles. The name "rpL23," which stands for "randomly positioned 23 base pairs," means that these plasmids are randomly placed and have a 50-50 chance of each pair being "plugged into" another pair.

Here's an example sentence using the term: "You know how some people can be so funny, right? Well, just think about this - what if you were stuck in a room with 100% of your friends for days and couldn't communicate because everyone was talking to each other all the time? That's like having a random plasmid in your DNA, wouldn't it?"