2483: siamese twins Sep 29, 2021

The term 'siamese twins' is becoming less popular compared to 'conjoined twins', because of perceived racial connotations. Indeed, Thailand isn't even called Siam anymore. The term was originally coined after Chang and Eng Bunker, two famous conjoined twins from Thailand living in the former half of the 19th century. They toured the world for many years, especially the USA, becoming quite famous both in the medical community and wider culture. This term 'siamese twins' is even used in astrophysics to describe two galaxies that appear to be close to conjoined, though these days many do not like to use this term