Oryx and Crake
Chapter 13
What do the news outlets call the BlyssPlus virus? What is the acronym and what does it stand for?
What do the news outlets call the BlyssPlus virus? What is the acronym and what does it stand for?
I really looked for an acronym but all I could find were slogans that news outlets used:
The BlyssPluss Pill would sell itself, it didn’t need help from him. But the official launch was looming closer, so he had his staff turn out some visuals, a few catchy slogans: Throw Away Your Condoms! BlyssPluss, for the Total Body Experience! Don’t Live a Little, Live a Lot! Simulations of a man and a woman, ripping off their clothes, grinning like maniacs.
It’s dubbed JUVE for Jetspeed Ultra Virus Extraordinary. The irony is that “juve” sounds like “reJOOVenesense”, the compound where crake created the virus