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    1967 book by M. K. Joseph, The Hole in the Zero. This novel, subtitled A Story of the Future, falls into the genre of what might be called speculative science-fiction, and contains the line (see http://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/… for this and other historical examples that pre-date the movies of the 80s):