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What?
They want to stop the oceans from wobbling.
What does he mean by "seven seas"?
The seven seas is an old term, basically meaning "all the seas". It's been around for a time.
Thank you, I never heard it before. There are five oceans as far as I know.
Oceans aren't seas, seas are now generally considered smaller bodies of water. It's fairly arbitrary though so not really an important distinction. Language changes
It'the term is kind of old fashioned, more used in poetry. Also there isn't really consense over what the seven seas are. Some count Atlantic and Pacific as one each and add stuff like the carribbean, the gulf of ~~Mexico~~ America or the Mediterranean.