Klaatu barada nikto

English Etymology From the 1951 film The Day the Earth Stood Still, in which an alien named Klaatu tells an Earthwoman a code phrase for his robot Gort. See first citation. Phrase phr 1 A stock science-fiction phrase, typically used as a code or shibboleth. en The Day the Earth Stood Still 1951 If anything should happen to me you must go to Gort, you must say these words, 'Klaatu barada nikto', please repeat that. en Going, Going, Gone w:Jack Womack Grove Press 2002 http://books.google.com/books?id=3204rUREIbIC&pg=PA160&dq=Klaatu+barada&hl=en&sa=X&ei=NcA4UeSnD8qZ0QGPooH4Dw&ved=0CDMQ6AEwATiMAQ#v=onepage&q=Klaatu%20barada&f=false 160 When I tried to make out the lingo I felt like a missionary among the heathen chinee. ¶ 'Interavesting per sliptimper transgratisfy allayvoo —' ¶ 'Not the old klaatu barada again,' I said .... en Whole Wide World w:Paul McAuley 2003 Macmillan http://books.google.com/books?id=BFdJPPKYeLwC&pg=PA214&dq=Klaatu+barada&hl=en&sa=X&ei=WL44UfuMGqvJ0AGtzIGwAw&ved=0CGAQ6AEwCThu#v=onepage&q=Klaatu%20barada&f=false 215 He glared down at me and said, "On your way, fella. This is a legitimate club." ¶ "Klaatu barada nikto," I said, but it went straight past him. en Out of Texas James Hold 2004 iUniverse http://books.google.com/books?id=CvrSlxR_1yIC&pg=PA56&dq=Klaatu+barada&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ubw4UajEFtC80AGKrYC4BA&ved=0CDIQ6AEwATgo#v=onepage&q&f=false 56 The Systems Analysis department featured a clock with only one hand and the motto Klaatu barada nikto, which, roughly translated, means: "IF IT AIN'T BROKE, JUST GIVE ME TIME." en Any Day Now w:Terry Bisson Penguin 2012 http://books.google.com/books?id=fyCkrLdC9KEC&pg=PT59&lpg=PT60&dq=Klaatu+barada#v=onepage&q&f=false ?? It looked like something from Arthur C. Clarke, a space station that had ... fallen to earth .... ¶ "Klaatu barada nikto," he muttered.