| | Questions & Answers: Skunk works |
 | | One division of the company, formally the Lockheed Martin Advanced Development Program, is still known as the Skunk Works. |
 | | The term has been trademarked by Lockheed Martin, who have been aggressive in protecting it. |
 | | The original was Skonk Works (skonk is a dialect variant of skunk), the place of unexplained function near which Lonesome Polecat and Hairless Joe brewed their highly illicit bootleg Kickapoo Joy Juice from ingredients such as old shoes and dead skunks. |
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