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earthling

[urth-ling] / ˈɜrθ lɪŋ /


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“I am an earthling — after that I’m galactic and then I’m universal,” Alejandro Jodorowsky tells me in Spanish from his home in Paris during a recent video call.

From Los Angeles Times May 15, 2024

He chronicles his total confusion about the customs and rituals of his earthling “host family.”

From New York Times Aug. 5, 2022

But with little conclusive evidence expected to confirm any intergalactic visitations, it remains to be seen whether any earthling minds will change.

From BBC Jun. 22, 2021

So if we're identifying as an earthling, they might call it something else.

From Salon Nov. 19, 2020

“She’s anything but. She’s an earthling if there ever was one.”

From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli




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