...iller-xkcd-every-majors-terrible/ Xkcd's 'Every Major's Terrible' Is Now A Real Song].
:''Unbearable'' and ''terrible'' rhyme for people who have the {{w|English-language vowel changes before historic /r/#Mary–marry–merry merger|Mary
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...by {{w|Edgar Allan Poe}}, one of the most popular pieces of poetry in the English language. The comic quotes the first four lines of the work, in which the {
This unexpected turn reflects the ambiguity of the verb "to rap" in English. According to the [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rap Merriam-We
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...pparently basing this desire on the fact that Irons, a classically trained English actor, portrayed Scar, the main antagonist in the 1994 Disney animated feat
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...ction. The fictional person believes a circular map is more fitting to the real Earth's three-dimensional spherical nature because both are round. This bel
...nnot be offended by being referred to by the wrong pronouns. In {{w|Middle English}} 'they' and 'their' were {{w|Singular they|accepted genderless pronouns th
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...the NHC has named the hurricanes using random words out of the {{w|Oxford English Dictionary}} (OED). The humor here is intrinsic: "Hurricane Eggbeater" is a
...all points on a surface is an {{w|uncountable set}} (as is the set of all real numbers). {{w|Cantor diagonalization}} is a famous proof that it is impo
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...ony of finding the incorrect explanation (the analogy) interesting and the real explanation (the mathematics) boring.
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...{{w|superscript}}.<font color="#36b"><ref>Aha! I fooled you and this is a real ref tag! However, there are no references.</ref><sup>[3][4]</sup></font> Wh
...Latin words. -Ax is also, specifically, the root of the -acious ending in English, as in "audacious" or (appropriately) [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dicti
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...ternet and for this work, he was awarded the 2002 IEEE Internet Award. His real name is Stephen D. Crocker.
*Dr. {{w|Stephen Wolff}}, spelled differently than Steve, but the same as the real name of Steve Crocker. He is one of the many fathers of the Internet, mainl
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...he latter, contains identical characters in the 2nd and 4th positions. (In English translations of the text, this is the part rendered as "LORD" in capitals.)
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...quent ads are those that mention "Play free games!". While these sites are real, they tend to be collections of Flash-based games taken from other sites fr
...|| The shoot-'em-up game "Zero Wing" on SEGA's Genesis console features an English translation so terrible it has long been a source of memetic humor. The lin
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...he Chinese game Happy Farm was more popular at the time. This strikes many English-speaking xkcd readers as odd, because Farmville is much more famous, leadin
...w|Facebook}}''' is a social networking site that allows people to meet old real−life friends and make new friends that share similar interests. One of it
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...tch</code>, and <code>Throwable</code>. These can refer to actions in the real-life game, but are also keywords in the Java language that are used for {{w
...throwing and catching the <code>Ball</code> object. Note that unlike the real game, this program actually has the same person both throwing and catch the
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...the pressure at the {{w|Inner_core|Earth's core}} and the width of the {{w|English Channel}}.
...s \frac{\text{Prius combined EPA gas mileage}}{\text{Minimum width of the English Channel}} = \pi</math>
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...o decode the book. A cut out from the book is depicted in the first frame (real or similar).
...d Dragons. They speak in a somewhat outdated English. The reference to the real plant {{w|Aconitum|Wolfsbane}} could also be a reference to another invente
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...ical to intellectual, and east-west corresponds to one from web-focused to real-life-focused. The map also bears a slight resemblance to {{w|South East Asi
...map. Left is "Focus on Real Life," labelled "IRL," an abbreviation for "In Real Life." Right is "Focus on Web," labelled ".com." Up is "Practicals," labell
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...do Americans hate soccer? || Soccer, or (association) football in British English, is rather unpopular in the USA compared to most other regions of the world
|Why aren't Pokémon real?||Pokémon are fantasized creatures that were designed to produce an intere
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...the Exhibitionist, all of which have negative connotations in contemporary English. That the viewer is encouraged to identify negatively with these four posit
...that he is usually the Philosopher. Also, “Philosopher” in vernacular English is neutrally valenced, potentially having the ability to expound either wis
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It appeared that Randall created new panels in near real time, as user suggestions to dialog were submitted around the release of th
...clusive. Some of the options that were there very early were in quite poor English. Later, the same idea was still there, but in a more refined sentence. Howe
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:::Real value $27,370
::$1,000/yr for 30 years (inflation-adjusted) at a 4% real return (long-term stock + dividend average) $56,080
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|"
Real age/name unknown":<p>Cooper's
real name remains unknown. While he was estimated to be in his mid-40s, his prec
...otiable American currency," it is phrased in a way not typical of American
English.</p><p>The phrase "You're tearing me apart!" originally appeared in ''{{w|R
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