Tag: language
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Pollaxe
When your spouse is into etymology you pick up a lot of random stuff.
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Forget The Alarm
To clarify: that’s not “me” in the comic – that’s not how I (outwardly) wake up. I got to hear this happen one day when one of my kids woke up to the usual school day alarm and decided to try this approach for dealing with it.
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Mentally Challenged
I clearly demonstrated my excellent language skills on that day…
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Dropping The Bomb
I remember when swearing in a large-scale meeting was really jarring, but now it’s like a sign of authenticity.
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Watch Your Language
There’s something amusing about kids pointing out a technicality like this while using this insult against a sibling with whom they share the same mother, and in front of said mother. Because there are some arguably larger linguistic/usage concerns I could bring up here.
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How To Make Partner
It would be nice to take credit for coming up with this joke, but I really didn’t add anything.
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What A Richard
One of my cousins told me this story and also posited that “Moby Richard” would be a good name for a band.
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Full Circle
This feels like a good time for a reminder that these comics are inspired by real life, and not meant to be taken as an accurate representation of real people and events.
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Agent of the Company
I’ve definitely heard plenty “what the fudge” type of last-moment language moderations.
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Ask Me Almost Anything
I expect that everyone may break the build at some point, but not everyone can get the boss to swear at them.