As a business owner, coming up with a solid name for your establishment is pretty damn important. You don’t want to be serving burgers at a restaurant called «MacDonalds,» and you probably want to avoid something as basic as «Burger.» You can choose to reference whatever it is you’re selling, or go by the name …
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Silly Language Memes & Puns That Remind Us Words Are Ridiculous
There are many ways to be an artist. Some people paint, others sing, a small minority do cross stitch with swear words on it to sell on Etsy. However, one of the most fun and accessible ways to practice art is by using our words. There are billions of different ways to make jokes with …
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Creative Wordsmiths Who Birthed Brand New Sentences Into the World
Language is one of the greatest gifts we have as human beings. We can do many wonderful things with our writing and speech, from creating brilliant classic literature to finding ever more creative ways to swear. The English language alone contains over a million words, so we can only imagine how many different sentences that …
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Silly Language Memes and Puns to Remind Us That Words Are Ridiculous
There are many ways to be an artist. Some people paint, others sing, a small minority do cross stitch with swear words on it to sell on Etsy. However, one of the most fun and accessible ways to practice art is by using our words. There are billions of different ways to make jokes with …
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A Kooky Bunch of Name Soundalikes That Come From the Most Unexpected Places
Names are an important thing. After what we look like, they are the first impression that we give everybody else that we meet. All it takes is one unfortunate mishearing or a pair of particularly unsympathetic parents, and we’re stuck with a moniker that we can’t shake off no matter how hard we try. When …
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Technically True Occurrences That Thwart Expectations
In real life, one of the most unattractive traits a person can have is being a smartass. Oh, you’re yet again doing a slightly wittier variation on something that boils down to, «Hi hungry, I’m dad»? Let me stop for the applause. However, for some reason this annoyingness doesn’t translate so much when we’re on …
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Dramatic Tweet About Cheese Shelf Collapse Inspires Gleeful Pun-Fest
Recent events in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania have been causing quite a stir on Twitter today. And it’s not because of the «brotherly» (read: violent) love that’s so prevalent in the city. According to a correspondent from the Philadelphia Plain Dealer blog, there was a tragic accident at the Acme supermarket on Oregon Avenue yesterday. BREAKING: the …
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Dumb Memes Full of Dad-Worthy Wordplay
We all have that friend who cannot help themselves when it comes to wordplay. They’re pun addicts. Sometimes the puns veer towards double entendre and innuendo. Other times it’s as though they’re channeling a caricature of a Dad who doesn’t get out enough and is too confident in his sense of humor. Personally, I find …
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30+ Linguistic Memes For Lovers of Language
Language and memes have a lot in common if you think about it. They’re both important communication tools. Both are ever-changing foundations of contemporary culture. Both often require some context to better understand their nuances. It makes total sense that a linguist might be interested in image macros. Memes sort of function as a writing …
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