wonderingwanderer replysopuli.xyz3Hide 3 repliesEverything is an innuendo if your mind is in the gutter.13Reply
GGeneral_Effort replylemmy.world4Hide 4 repliesThere are also people who can't distinguish between entomology and enterology.7Reply
GGeneral_Effort replylemmy.world2Hide 2 repliesEtymology note: The word enterology does not seem related to the word enter. @[email protected] You made me look this up.7Reply
KSP Atlas replysopuli.xyz1Hide 1 replyIt actually is, enterology (English) -> entero- (Latin prefix) -> ἔντερον (Greek) -> h₁énteros (PIE) -> intrō (Latin) -> enter (English)6Reply
GGeneral_Effort replylemmy.worldOh come on. Going all the way back to PIE doesn't count. Like, both has to do with insides. But enterology does not inherit the suggestion of entry, which would have been funny.3Reply
wonderingwanderer replysopuli.xyzOr endocrinology and endoscopy "I'm going to see my endo! 🤗" "Wut 😳"4Reply
Ooops feddit.orgThe quality of that picture copied and compressed time and time again is fitting the age of that joke.14Reply
TTigerAce lemmy.dbzer0.comSame with astronomy and astrology. "I'm interested in astronomy." "ah cool! Me too! My zodiac sign is [who cares]. 12Reply
BBanMe lemmy.worldWhat's the difference between ignorance and apathy? I don't know and I don't care.2Reply
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Bugger means to have anal sex between two men
lacks ambition
Everything is an innuendo if your mind is in the gutter.
You sound like my wife.
I feel sorry for her...
Because she has to be married to me? So do I.
There are also people who can't distinguish between entomology and enterology.
Etymology note: The word enterology does not seem related to the word enter.
@[email protected] You made me look this up.
It actually is,
enterology (English) -> entero- (Latin prefix) -> ἔντερον (Greek) -> h₁énteros (PIE) -> intrō (Latin) -> enter (English)
Oh come on. Going all the way back to PIE doesn't count. Like, both has to do with insides. But enterology does not inherit the suggestion of entry, which would have been funny.
Or endocrinology and endoscopy
"I'm going to see my endo! 🤗" "Wut 😳"
Origin? Could you use it in a sentence?
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/bugger
Relevant xkcd
https://xkcd.com/1012/
The quality of that picture copied and compressed time and time again is fitting the age of that joke.
Same with astronomy and astrology. "I'm interested in astronomy."
The study of entology!
dyslexics: :(
Sexydlics
Oh. So that's the same tom as in atom.
First time I've heard or read the word "entomology"
Well that's epistemological ephemera for ya
And don't get me started on ethnology.
What's the difference between ignorance and apathy?
I don't know and I don't care.
No.