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Virsho :
“this is hitting my towers” - people in 2050
2025-03-31 23:54:27
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prance 🌪️ :
Now we have crashing out 😭
2025-03-31 21:40:58
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Man🇨🇦 :
I thought bikini atol was named after a bikini 😭
2025-06-26 20:39:32
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Maya🦋Nailed It :
Similar to “in the trenches” 😭
2025-03-31 22:01:11
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wincenty :
i genuinely think several 9/11 related phrases are going to make it into future english like this.
2025-03-31 22:16:01
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oksana :
"it's my 13th reason" i wonder if people are going to forget the origins of that too
2025-04-02 17:09:13
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Galps :
Honestly, most US idioms can be broken down into 3 categories. Nautical, baseball, and miltary references
2025-04-01 13:48:52
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thenekonomicon :
"going postal" would also fall into this, no?
2025-03-31 22:25:03
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CasualSanta :
“This is my 9/11” and “I’m in the trenches rn” come to mind
2025-04-02 13:29:14
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Karl Mamer :
I seem to recall "nuking" as slang for microwaving was in use before Chernobyl.
2025-03-31 22:08:30
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valentine ♡ :
"drinking the kool-aid" is like this in a way but i dont actually know how many people dont know the origin of the phrase
2025-04-02 06:48:17
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Clippy :
It's good to learn the ground zero of these phrases.
2025-04-01 05:32:23
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FaZe_Dank :
U mad bro? 💀
2025-04-01 12:31:15
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Yaaro🎗️🏳️🌈🍄🎸 :
if skibidi is going to become an actual phrase I'M gonna have a meltdown
2025-04-01 12:48:33
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King øf Fools :
I can't wait to see what "trumping" becomes in the future
2025-04-01 06:02:28
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Melody Maria :
Time to refer to my autistic meltdowns as nuclear attacks because it genuinely feels like the end of the world every time
2025-04-01 05:37:46
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Cone :
Goated seems like a good candidate for this type of linguistic process
2025-04-01 17:18:23
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n3v3rmind31 :
Oh yeah 3 Mile Island is soooo back…solely to power microsoft
2025-04-01 05:26:02
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taizo :
I saw ur Reddit roast me post 🫵
2025-04-17 19:24:36
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cldbrwszn :
Is “fallout” the same?
2025-04-01 00:38:58
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FullMentholAlchemist :
nuclear families were invented after we had nuclear weapons, but we pretend it was the norm for all time
2025-04-01 03:58:58
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TransCatGirl551 :
"god tier" comes from homestuck
2025-04-01 19:01:02
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Varno.au :
I think the bikini joke is a little more nuanced, the bikini was a small bathing suit that came after another design with more coverage called the "atom" obviously the atom was split at bikini atoll
2025-04-01 12:59:39
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