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The Laundronauts are a Canadian indie rock music trio formed in late 2007 from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Founded by Stephen J Horak and Gareth Wynne, The Laundronauts release their material on their own label, Spincycle Records. ==Origins and Usage of ''laundronaut''== The first published use of the term ''laundronaut'' comes from a 1963 Cornell University publication describing a new fad. “(laundronaut is someone who backs ) into a coin-operated dryer. After he is in position, his ‘crew’ deposits a coin in the slot and he begins to revolve in the dryer.”〔Joel Sussman, "The Cornell Daily Sun, Brave Laundronauts", January 7, 1963, "(Source 1 )", retrieved January 26, 2010〕 The etymology of "laundronaut" comes from the two roots: laundry + ''nautes''. ''Nautes''〔Douglas Harper, "Online Etymology Dictionary", 2001, "(Source 2 )", retrieved January 26, 2010〕 of Greek origin, refers to a ship or a sailor and is used in English words such as nautilus, nautical, astronaut, and cosmonaut. Laundry, meaning “things to be washed,” comes from the French lavare, "to wash."〔Douglas Harper, "Online Etymology Dictionary", 2001, "(Source 3 )", retrieved January 26, 2010〕 A laundry list, in the figurative sense, arose in 1958 and the term, launder, in the criminal banking sense was introduced in 1961. Using the invented prefix, ''laundro'', taken from the word Laundromat, The Laundronauts have coined several neologisms: ''laundrock'', ''laundrotainment'', and ''Laundromeda'', their mythical home planet.
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