On Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:34:20 -0400, Jim Henderson wrote:

> On Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:47:09 -0700, Darren New wrote:
> 
>> Jim Henderson wrote:
>>> I want to say it's something like "suspension of" something (not
>>> disbelief).
>> 
>> http://orangecow.org/toon-physics.html
>> 
>> That's fun, but not coining terms.
> 
> Yeah, that's a great site.  I'm now wondering if I saw the term in a
> toon- based RPG now.  Or maybe it wasn't Tex Avery, but Chuck Jones who
> coined the term I'm thinking of.
> 
> Agh!  This is going to drive me NUTS!
> 
> Jim

Aha!  Found it:  The "plausible impossible" is what I'm thinking of, and 
apparently Walt Disney coined the term.

Jim

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