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== Live-Action TV ==
* Popular in all incarnations of ''[[Star Trek]] except for the original series''.<ref>If
''IMPORTANT: The writer must know what he means when he uses science of projected science terminology. A scattergun confusion of meaningless phrases only detracts from believability.''
|[http://leethomson.myzen.co.uk/Star_Trek/1_Original_Series/Star_Trek_TOS_Writer%27s_Guide.pdf The Star Trek Guide] (April 17, 1967), page 30: "How much science fiction terminology do you want?"}}</ref> Dubbed "Treknobabble", stalwarts include such things as "Running a Level 3 Diagnostic" and "Compensating for minor ging-gangs in the starboard warp transgobbler". "[[Reverse Polarity|Reversing the Polarity]]" was a catch-all cure that the writers commonly employed. Throwing in physics terms that have already entered pop science usage is strongly encouraged, which is why Geordi spends every second episode of ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation|Next Generation]]'' babbling about neutrino flux.
** Scripts for ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' were usually written with "[Tech]" as a placeholder; a second set of writers would come in and replace the placeholders with actual Techno Babble, referring to the right [[Applied Phlebotinum]] for the job.
** [[Lampshaded]] in the following exchange from the ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' episode "Battle Lines":
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