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"Ether-weight," or perhaps "Aether-weight" is a fictional, extremely light Wrestling weight class referenced in the third episode of the 21st season of "The Simpsons."

Background:

Marge is training to fight the creator of the "Ultimate Punch Kick and Choke Championships," an MMA outfit mimicking real-life outfits such as UFC. She receives training from various individuals, and upon training against former Yale wrestler Mr. Burns, he informs her that he wrestled in the lightest weight class - "Etherweight." Burns proceeds to slither about a stationary Marge, proving a relatively useless training partner. Also, Burns mentions that his wrestling nickname was the "New Haven Nuisance."

Entomology:

Their are two possible interpretations of the significance of the term. If the "Ether" portion is referring to the ether class of organic compounds, the most know of which is diethyl ether (often referred to as simply "ether"), which is a solvent and anesthetic, but has not been commonly used as an anesthetic for decades if not over a century.

The term could also be referring to the classical physics concept of ether (or "aether"), which was thought to be a space-filling substance or field, thought to be necessary as a transmission medium for the propagation of electromagnetic waves.

Given Burns' advanced age, both explanations are reasonable.

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