Words that pop

Literally via good ol' Boing Boing, an article on the (in)famous czech plastic explosive Semtex. I closes on the thought that part of the mystique of Semtex might be due to the poetry of the name itself.

it does feel good rolling off the tongue. SEM-TEX. Two syllables. One soft, one hard. It has a science-fiction look with an acidic old-tech twist.

Ah, the poetry of technology. Hard-edged and sparkly. It's a big part of what I love about Gibson. Here are some more favorite tech words for me.

-manifold
-twisted pair
-CCD
-cordite
-implosion device
-jacketed hollow point
-sub-sonic
-transaxle
-magnetron
-phenobarbitol
-methamphatmine
-fiber line
-quanta
-packet loss
-topology
-photon
-phoneme
-nominal yield
-electromagnetic pulse
-positron emission tomography
-neutron moderator
-magnesium
-tungsten
-polycarbonate
-scanline
-throttle body
-Near IR
-stardrive

And last, but hardly least, everyone's fav from Neuromancer

-mycotoxin

anyone else have unlikely fun words to add? (Just in case this one hasn't gotten me on enough watch lists.)