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| Jul 24, 2014 at 4:46 | comment | added | DaoWen | There's a well-known episode of The Twilight Zone where the plot revolves around a gremlin sabotaging a plane: Nightmare at 20,000 Feet. However, I don't know how well their portrayal of the gremlin kept with the origins of the myth. | |
| Nov 6, 2010 at 14:58 | comment | added | OpaCitiZen | The Online Etymology Dictionary (a wonderful place, worth visiting indeed) adds that the word gremlin comes 'Possibly from a dial. survival of O.E. gremman "to anger, vex" + -lin of goblin; or from Ir. gruaimin "bad-tempered little fellow."' (Source: etymonline.com/index.php?search=gremlin ) | |
| Nov 5, 2010 at 23:49 | history | answered | aramis | CC BY-SA 2.5 |