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What does phipster mean?

Tuesday, June 12th, 2007

In case you hadn’t gleaned it already, “Phipster” is a contraction of the first two and last letters of my first and last names: Philip Steiner.

David Black’s explanation of his domain name, wobblini.net, prompted me to explain mine. But my favourite record as a child was Cecil the Seasick Sea Serpent. Go figure.