Perl
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Perl
Coined in 1987 by Perl's creator, Larry Wall, U.S. computer programmer (born 1954)
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Mr. Perl is an art critic and the author of the novel “We Never Called It Frisco.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Isobel Perl started her own skincare brand from her parents' house in Watford five years ago.
From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2025
“When Schubert mentions Balanchine and Stravinsky’s youth in Russia, Parker offers a delicious vista of onion-domed churches silhouetted against a darkening sunset,” Jed Perl wrote in his review in The Times.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2024
In New York City, meanwhile, soil expert Sara Perl Egendorf saw that residents weren't sure how best to protect against soil lead contamination in urban gardens.
From Salon ● Mar. 22, 2023
But old attitudes and distorted stubborn impressions of my father outlived Arnold Perl and James Baldwin.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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