Category Archives: language

Amoeba’s Lorica: 14 March ICYMI

This post was written on the 14th of March, Common Era year 2023. The date is sometimes written 3.14.2023, or (if the year is assumed) 3.14. The number 3.14 is the most common two-decimal-place approximation of the irrational number that … Continue reading

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He and She: Just Another Day of the Weak

She: “Today is Wednesday, correct?” He: “All day.” She: “Wed-nes-day?” He: “Same rules of pronunciation used to say ‘Worcester’.” She: “What rules?” He: “Don’t get me started. The names of the days of the week have never made any sense. Why should they start … Continue reading

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Amoeba’s Lorica: Diabolical Lexicographer (Friend)

FRIEND, n. Fiend, misspelled and misinterpreted, usually until well after it is too late. FRIENDSHIP: toxic contract in which it is agreed that one or more existential but personally inconvenient facts are to be ignored, nay actively denied, for the … Continue reading

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