Exotic R4 - differentiable manifold homeomorphic but not diffeomorphic to the Euclidean space R4 Exotic sphere - differentiable manifold homeomorphic but not diffeomorphic to the ordinary sphere
In physics:Exotic atom atom with one or more electrons replaced by other negatively charged particles
Exotic hadrons: Exotic baryons - bound states of 3 quarks and additional particles Exotic mesons - non-quark model mesons Exotic matter - a hypothetical concept of particle physics In other fields: Exotic pet - non common pet Exotic cat - a breed of cat Exotic dancer - a type of dancer or stripper Exotic derivatives - a type of financial derivatives Exotic species - species not native to an areaPassing by yet another "exotic dancer" storefront--two new ones have opened this year on the road I take to drive nearly everywhere--I thought, "But no exotic banana, because none is non-exotic." I guess I was practicing defensive driving. Me and the poet Basho.
Try fact-checking the statistic my students confidently quote--that Portland has more strip clubs per capita than anywhere else in the U.S.--and you'll run across an article about a vegan operation, Casa Diablo. Hence the post's title.
David Ritchie, Portland, Oregon
