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Duper

“This airplane is designed by clowns, who in turn are supervised by monkeys,” said one Boeing pilot in messages to a colleague in 2016, about the 737 Max airliner.

Anaphylaxis sounds like the name of a Greek news correspondent.

When someone says, “Maybe it’s just me talking,” it literally is just that person talking.

Heard someone say that their 2-year-old had a great memory. Of course that kid does. He really doesn’t have much to remember.

Some of the hottest clothes at Ross/Marshalls/TJ Maxx are on the floor.

Only park in a loading-only zone only when you’re about to get loaded.

When someone says the night is still young, that person is usually…old.

What the hell does duper mean?

Some abbreviations aren’t doing their jobs.  They should be shorter than the phrase they’re shortening, right?  WFH has less syllables than Work From Home. So does GSW for gunshot wound. Saying *www” is crazy. It has three times as many syllables as World Wide Web.

Why is it when Europeans and Americans went into a land to conquer, colonize, and take over, it’s called immigration or colonization. But when people of color go into the country of their colonizers or any other country just to live, then people say it’s an invasion?