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Pioneer species
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A place for majestic STEMLORD peacocking, as well as memes about the realities of working in a lab.

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This is a science community. We use the Dawkins definition of meme.
Trailblazer, groundbreaker or pathfinder would also have been options in English, at least are close synonyms for pioneer. All have similarities but more literal , I've never heard roadbreaker in English, but you never know what they say in places like Australia, probably a"whackaroo".
Groundbreaker might possibly originate from farming/ploughing or construction in new territory rather than literally making a road. But might be more apt for the OP.
Huh, I never heard of whackaroo before (neither did my keyboard app)!
It's a non-English one, and we "break" the "road" (also path) when we cut a path in the forest.
oh, i really don't think "whackaroo" is a real word, i just made it up as an example of the type of thing theyd' come up as a word in Australian-English, they have crazy ones down there.
Put a donk on the bush baby, you kookaburra