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> if I'm reading it right, I am not a zoologist. This had me in stitches. I'm also not a huge fan of obfuscatory jargon, irrespective of how cromulent such lan
by arthurcolle 4y ago
> if I'm reading it right, I am not a zoologist.
This had me in stitches. I'm also not a huge fan of obfuscatory jargon, irrespective of how cromulent such language may be.
- dvngnt_ 4y agobut then you used the word "cromulent"
- jjtheblunt 4y agoas a self-referential joke, hopefully!
- arthurcolle 4y agoFor other @arthurcolle classics, please see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29371835 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29371835
- tomcam 4y agoWe biologists put that in the taxonomy as a “joke“
- gnat 4y agoSee Blackadder Season 3 for an explanation of why "cromulent" is now a punchline: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOSYiT2iG08 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOSYiT2iG08
- patmorgan23 4y agoWoosh
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