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俚语 discorporate
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discorporate

The term is from the Robert Heinlein classic *Stranger in a Strange Land,* copyright 1961. To discorporate means to die corporeally (physically); withdraw; leave one's body. There are many reasons to discorporate, and it requires the wisdom of Martian Old Ones to truly grok why.
"His joy was muted by awareness that his brother did not share it -- he seemed more distressed than was possible save in one about to discorporate because of shameful lack or failure." Robert Heinlein writing the thoughts of character Valentine Michael Smith in *Stranger in a Strange Land.*

discorporate

I believe Robert Heinlein used that word before Frank Zappa even thought of it.
Valentine Michael Smith often felt as if he would discorporate.

discorporate

v. to leave one's body (more specifically, one's spirit leaving the limits of one's body, but not through death, rather through some type of spiritual realization). A verb that appears to have been made up by Frank Zappa, as notably discussed on his song "Absolutely Free" from the 1968 album "We're Only In It for the Money", and perhaps partly related to the real word "discorporation".
"Unbind your mind, there is no time, boin-n-n-n-n-n-g, to lick your stamps, and paste them in, discorporate, and we’ll begin" - Frank Zappa

discorporation

a body taken apart and reduced to atoms or even smaller bits
discorporation happens when Scotty beams you up
when we are teleported from one location to another we go through discorporation we are reduced to an energy "signature" and reconstructed at the new location
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