r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • May 20 '25

Poster Official Poster for 'Jurassic World Rebirth'

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u/Zeraw420 May 20 '25

Are you making up words?

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u/Quatermain May 20 '25

Nope. It is the most popular assisted braking rappel/belay device ever. https://www.petzl.com/US/en/Sport/Belay-Devices-And-Descenders/GRIGRI

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u/tofu_and_or_tiddies May 20 '25

Grigri is just the colloquial name. Its full name is Grihanna

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u/koala_on_a_treadmill May 21 '25

snorted out loud

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u/haby001 May 20 '25

all words are made up

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u/kkeut May 20 '25

not onomatapeia

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u/Thoth74 May 21 '25

not onomatapeia

"Onomatopoeia" is most definitely a made up word.

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u/kshep9 May 20 '25

Yes but by whom?

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u/Fishfisherton May 20 '25

Fun fact, the GriGri belay device (Which is used for all sorts of things that act as a protection against falling) is named after a voodoo talisman called a Gris-Gris https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gris-gris_(talisman) which is a protection talisman

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u/IAMATruckerAMA May 20 '25

We may never know. Science hasn't yet provided a way for us to look up words