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Seems more like Cupid's bow[^].
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
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Why is "Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia[^]" such a long word?
[edit]linky fixed - stupid "paste truncate" bug  [/edit]
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modified 12-Feb-15 11:44am.
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Link fail.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
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Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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The "Paste truncate" bug again: if you highlight text and paste a link over it, the link can get truncated but the text remains as the link text.
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Because you misspelled[^] it?
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Nope! The "Paste truncate" bug again: if you highlight text and paste a link over it, the link can get truncated but the text remains as the link text.
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I'm talking about the double-p in the middle, a serious addition I would say... 
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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I like that link you posted, especially the quotes at the end:Quote: 2005 September 30, D. Harlan Wilson, Pseudo-City, p183 (Raw Dog Screaming Press; ISBN 1933293020 (10), ISBN 978-1933293028 (13))
Coincidentally there is a masochistic PCP with hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia (fear of long words) curled up in an alleyway across the street. He has been whispering “Antidisestablishmentarianism” to himself over and over for two days now, experiencing up to one orgasm every three hours as a result of The Pain […]
GOTOs are a bit like wire coat hangers: they tend to breed in the darkness, such that where there once were few, eventually there are many, and the program's architecture collapses beneath them. (Fran Poretto)
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Maybe because the first person to face this condition forgot to add a white-space.
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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Nope! The "Paste truncate" bug again: if you highlight text and paste a link over it, the link can get truncated but the text remains as the link text.
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.. anddddd what is this supposed to be? An automatic reply to my comment to which was posted above?
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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The three of you spotted the same thing, so I copy'n'pasted the same response!
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OriginalGriff wrote: The three of you spotted the same thing
And thus, the honorable gentleman, you have a reason not to be drinking while you are in the Lounge.
I meant that as a joke. Not sure if that's a bit harsh. 
Your time will come, if you let it be right.
modified 12-Feb-15 23:32pm.
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OriginalGriff wrote: Why is "Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia[^]" such a long word?
So that only the people who can read the word and understand the word without going insane can see the irony of using such a word.
And it keeps the OCDs busy for a moment or two. 
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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See also "abbreviation".
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Richard Deeming wrote: See also "abbr.eviation".
FTFY
GOTOs are a bit like wire coat hangers: they tend to breed in the darkness, such that where there once were few, eventually there are many, and the program's architecture collapses beneath them. (Fran Poretto)
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Because of all the letter that come after the "H".
That was an easy question. What else ya' got?
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And why does it have nothing to do with a hippopotamus?
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Because "hippo" refers to horses, so the etymology of the word concerns French potted meat from a horse which won huge rosettes that were joked about by others in Latin.
So anyone who's not completely stupid can see why it's used to describe a fear of long words, right?
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I may have hippophobia, but I don't know as I've never come across one.
I am, however, terrified of hippopotomonstrosesquippedalioes.
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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Agent__007 wrote: Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, it is "an artificial long word said to mean a lung disease caused by inhaling very fine ash and sand dust."
So is the OED saying that other words are not artificial?
Where did they come from, then?
Or does the OED need to look up the meaning of "artificial"?
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Well I don't know, but the questions are on you given that you are British.
Your time will come, if you let it be right.
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My answer?
I think that the OED is on the way to becoming as ridiculously silly a dictionary as the Websters.
It will take them a couple of thousand years to become that silly, but I'm sure they'll get there.
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