Chiez

Chiez: noun. Any substance with a reflection coefficient of 0.1 to 0.15. This word was invented in 1994 by a random astronomer giving a presentation to young children; it was used as a compromise as the children insisted that the moon was made of cheese no matter how much contrary evidence he offered. Since its invention the word “Chiez” has been increasing in popularity, seeing almost 6 appearances in web-based media in 2010 (not counting times where the author’s meaning was “Cheese”). In 2012 astronomy students were observed punning with this word; they were in a discussion about sharing an object to study for an assignment they had, allowing them to share information (or for one to use the other’s information, consequently doing less work himself), noticing that the albedo of the moon he was studying was in the correct range the less lazy of the two proclaimed “It’s nacho chiez”!