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Wrongness

Doggie Bag

I couldn't agree more.

say no to crack

back off

these thighs are dangerous.

don't cry over it

it makes your food colder

"The Yummy Ducky"

Serving Size: 1 package: 49 grams. The primary ingredient is sugar, followed by partially hydrogenated vegetable oil — yet it claims that of its 15 grams of fat (14 of which are saturated; 70% Daily Value), zero of those grams are trans fat. Huh?

Oh and what exactly does "hollow milk" taste like?

um, no thanks

Badly Designed Signs on Chicago's Transit System

Most of the signage, notices and other items posted by CTA are so poorly "designed," they're laughable if not difficult to comprehend. Indeed, on some of them, if you removed the words (or didn't understand English) they'd be quite baffling.

When I look at them, I imagine what some of them should say if I were asked to interpret the visuals. Here's a good example (I've Photoshopped the original to show what my version would say):



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What Balloons Do for Fun?

I thought one of them was going to pop, until I saw the manufacturer's name at the end.

brrrr.

This alone should be reason enough to not have to go to work today:

It really doesn't matter which way you go

yeah... that's what I was thinking

on the way, indeed

uh... what's that s'posed to mean?

I saw this sign and I think it means
"only people who are half-popsicle
are permitted to fuck midgets in the
missionary position."

Child Labor

was walking past a Bank of America branch last night...

Wowie Wabbit

I had a salad last night at The Gage that was so good there was nary a scrap of lettuce left on my plate:


This almost never happens.

The salad was mixed greens with a horseradish vinaigrette and shredded braised rabbit. It had these tiny sesame-seed-sized "crisp rice" pellets sprinkled over it for a bit of crunch. The rabbit was amazing—perfectly seasoned, tender and yet crisp (was that skin? I wasn't sure).

For a brief moment I felt sorry for the rabbit, because they're so cute.



But then I remembered a bumper sticker I saw recently that had made me laugh:
I love animals. They're delicious.

I will definitely be going back for that salad again.

English Has Too Many Stupid, Unnecessary Words

I think my vocabulary is fairly broad, but I often encounter words that are truly unnecessary—is the English language so concerned about syllabic efficiency that we can't just use a few extra words to convey the same meaning?

Here are some examples:

skulduggery
sounds like: a place where one digs up skulls.
actually means: dishonorable proceedings; mean dishonesty or trickery.

tatterdemalion
sounds like: WTF?
actually means: a person dressed in tattered clothing.

cupidity
sounds like: the state of being Cupid, like stupidity is the state of being stupid.
actually means: eager or excessive desire, especially for wealth; greed; avarice.

defenestrate
sounds like: although my knowledge of other languages clues me in, it still makes me think of defecate.
actually means: to throw out of a window.

crapulous
sounds like: a slang version of fabulous, but perhaps meaning the opposite: crappy.
actually means: sick from, or marked by, excessive drinking.

I'm not in favor of pleonasm (the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea), but many English seldom-used/understood words are just a load of fustian (pompous or pretentious language; see also bullshit).