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prettygoodwordgreeble (GREE-bul) - n., a small piece of detailing added to the surface of an object to visual interest, particularly in movie special effects.
Also called nurnie. Plural is greebles. Coined by the crew of Industrial Light and Magic as they worked on Star Wars, though it was a known technique, having been first used on the spaceships in 2001: A Space Odyssey.
---L.
Also called nurnie. Plural is greebles. Coined by the crew of Industrial Light and Magic as they worked on Star Wars, though it was a known technique, having been first used on the spaceships in 2001: A Space Odyssey.
---L.
