Did God create Livermorium or did Man make it? And did Noah have Flerovium on the Ark?

When students write Fl for fluorine in a chemical formula, I used to take half credit off -- now that Fl is the symbol for another element, I can't say "well, I know you *meant* F for fluorine" -- now I can't be sure they didn't really mean Flerovium, so it will have to be full credit off.

We were talking about the transuranics and naming conventions because of the ubiquitous Uu... names. I said IUPAC had probably named some of the nameless wonders on the PT and that there were already others that IUPAC would have to name. They had one periodic table on paper, another online, and a third on the wall--and they disagreed over how many elements and the Uu... names were a problem for them.

They said the new names were funny (yeah, like osmium or praseodymium aren't). Response: Look, three groups make them, and the names tend to reflect the 3 groups. Dubna was one, hence Dubnium. Lawrence Livermore was another, hence "Lawrencium".

then I said "'Livermorium' just sounds stupid," and the students agreed.

Oops. Livermorium it is. Along with flerovium.