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Hedenius posted:Mammoths were actually smaller than Elephants. Not really. Wikipedia posted:Like their modern relatives, mammoths were quite large. The largest known species reached heights in the region of 4 m (13 ft) at the shoulder and weights of up to 8 tonnes(8.8 short tons), while exceptionally large males may have exceeded 12 tonnes (13 short tons). However, most species of mammoth were only about as large as a modern Asian elephant (which are about 2.5 m to 3 m high at the shoulder, and rarely exceeding 5 tonnes).
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Pocket Billiards posted:The classic Golden Book story about the toy Tugboat is called 'Scuffy'.  Checks out.
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3D Megadoodoo posted:Uncout -> uncouth These loss edits are getting really abstract
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I've known for a while that I was misusing the word "obtuse" to mean "needlessly complicated or difficult to understand" when it really means "stupid." What I just found out was that it's actually a fairly common mistake apparently and I learned it from other people misusing it in the same way. Also, that the correct word is "abstruse" which sounds made up, but is not.
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fizzymercury posted:All words are made up but especially abstruse. Which I thought meant difficult to understand? Abstruse does mean "difficult to understand." You're thinking of "chartreuse" Torquemada posted:Abstruse, when chartreuse isn’t horrible enough. To me, egregious just means "a particularly extreme example" but I don't think I've ever heard it used in a positive context. KillHour has a new favorite as of 09:08 on Dec 14, 2022 |
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Organza Quiz posted:If it's such a common "mistake" that everyone uses it that way and everyone understands what each other means, it is not a mistake it is proper communication. Usually when this happens, dictionaries add alternate definitions to cover the usage, but I can't find any. fizzymercury posted:Yeah but I thought it's the thing that's difficult to understand and not the thing that isn't understanding which is how I misuse obtuse. This is confusing the hell out of me to parse but I think you're correct? By way of example: Federal tax law is abstruse. A person who thinks they found "one weird trick" to not have to file federal taxes is obtuse. KillHour has a new favorite as of 16:21 on Dec 14, 2022 |
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Organza Quiz posted:An extremely quick google shows merriam-webster has it as an alternate definition at the very least. Hmm, you appear to be correct. Anyways, this came up when I used it that way a few months ago and my partner was like "uh...no that's wrong" and when I looked it up I felt literally crazy.
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fizzymercury posted:Conversations like this are why my high school encouraged me not to take the SATs. If it makes you feel better, I have no idea who Chet Atkins is either.
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Young people change what words mean so they can laugh at old people who complain about it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DlTexEXxLQ
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This thread is praxis
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It probably makes the most sense to just have 10/20/50/100 coins
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Jack B Nimble posted:earlier this year I got to the grocery store without my wallet and it actually saved me a trip home. The last time this happened to me, I found out you can use your phone to pay at Wegmans, so it's even more pointless.
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Covski posted:Bed sheet ghosts are a thing because ghosts were depicted as returning wearing their burial shrouds, not as a weird way to try to simulate etherealness. I, too, saw the YouTube video you learned this from 
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