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Cueball could be Randall copying down the phrase into his collection. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.54.131|173.245.54.131]] 03:10, 30 June 2020 (UTC)
 
Cueball could be Randall copying down the phrase into his collection. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.54.131|173.245.54.131]] 03:10, 30 June 2020 (UTC)
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:Yea that is clear from it being one of my hobby. Have changed the explanation. --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 09:32, 1 July 2020 (UTC)
  
 
I was expecting these would in fact all mean something incredibly simple. I'm a little disappointed :( [[Special:Contributions/198.41.238.108|198.41.238.108]] 04:03, 30 June 2020 (UTC)
 
I was expecting these would in fact all mean something incredibly simple. I'm a little disappointed :( [[Special:Contributions/198.41.238.108|198.41.238.108]] 04:03, 30 June 2020 (UTC)
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I don't believe Cueball is looking up the phrase when he types A-N-O-M... I think he's just typing the phrase into the file where he collects the 5-word phrases, as it's listed as the last of his favorites in the bottom section of the panel. [[User:Ianrbibtitlht|Ianrbibtitlht]] ([[User talk:Ianrbibtitlht|talk]]) 13:11, 30 June 2020 (UTC)
 
I don't believe Cueball is looking up the phrase when he types A-N-O-M... I think he's just typing the phrase into the file where he collects the 5-word phrases, as it's listed as the last of his favorites in the bottom section of the panel. [[User:Ianrbibtitlht|Ianrbibtitlht]] ([[User talk:Ianrbibtitlht|talk]]) 13:11, 30 June 2020 (UTC)
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:Yea that is clear from it being one of his hobbies to collect them. Have changed the explanation. --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 09:32, 1 July 2020 (UTC)
  
 
I had a foundling dog diagnosed with "Juvenile Canine Psychogenic Polydipsia - Polyurea.  He also had five different kinds of parasites.  [[User:Pwydde|Pwydde]] ([[User talk:Pwydde|talk]]) 21:37, 30 June 2020 (UTC)
 
I had a foundling dog diagnosed with "Juvenile Canine Psychogenic Polydipsia - Polyurea.  He also had five different kinds of parasites.  [[User:Pwydde|Pwydde]] ([[User talk:Pwydde|talk]]) 21:37, 30 June 2020 (UTC)
  
 
I've noticed that Epson loves five word names for its inkjet papers, such as "Ultra Premium Presentation Paper Matte" [[User:Tanana|Tanana]] ([[User talk:Tanana|talk]]) 23:37, 30 June 2020 (UTC)
 
I've noticed that Epson loves five word names for its inkjet papers, such as "Ultra Premium Presentation Paper Matte" [[User:Tanana|Tanana]] ([[User talk:Tanana|talk]]) 23:37, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

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Approximate nonnegative matrix factorization algorithms

That's all. -162.158.62.119 22:04, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

super cali fragilistic expiali docious Bo Lindbergh (talk) 22:26, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

Over at Language Log they have fun documenting bewildering "noun piles". In the post noun pile blog post madness for example

data bound control table row action links
is a header in this page from Microsoft: DynamicHyperLink Class

JohnB (talk) 23:59, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

All cyanobacteria are unicellular. That word is just an imposition. Nitpicking (talk) 02:25, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

Cyanobacteria come in various types, such as unicellular, filamentous or colonial. Or even part of a composite organism such as lichen. Plastids, which are intracellular endosymbiotic organelles are technically acellular cyanobacteria. 162.158.165.8 04:31, 30 June 2020 (UTC)
Plastids are still unicellular. Living as endosymbionts doesn't make them multicellular, it makes them endosymbionts. Colonial unicellular organisms are still unicellular. 108.162.219.188

Cueball could be Randall copying down the phrase into his collection. 173.245.54.131 03:10, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

Yea that is clear from it being one of my hobby. Have changed the explanation. --Kynde (talk) 09:32, 1 July 2020 (UTC)

I was expecting these would in fact all mean something incredibly simple. I'm a little disappointed :( 198.41.238.108 04:03, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

My undergraduate research was on fluxional behavior in zwitterionic isoindoline complexes, so this struck close to home.Eärendil (talk) 04:17, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

The phrase from the caption really satisfying-sounding five-word technical phrases also meets (almost) every criteria it states (except maybe 'technical') - having read many of Randall's comics, I can't imagine this to be a coincidence... 172.68.50.54 07:39, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

Before reading this explanation, I was convinced these were nonsensical phrases that Randall had made up!162.158.155.168 08:18, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

anomalous electroweak sphaleron transition baryogenesis - roughly translates out of Jargon as Weird Forces Slippery change creation 162.158.155.228 11:33, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

I really want to dive into the word relationships within these 'semantically multityped divaricatedly polyconstructed descriptors' and see how much or little they obey the 'rules' for word order of component adjectives, etc. Maybe when I get a piece of paper and pencil and a bit of time to tease them apart. ;) 162.158.155.240 13:02, 30 June 2020 (UTC)



Horrifically enough, Pachelbel's Canon uses five chords: I-V-vi-iii-IV-I-IV-V . (It's deeply hated by us musicians who have to play it at weddings and whatnot). Beethoven's 6th: AllegroMaNonTroppo; AndanteMoltoMosso; Allegro; Allegro; Allegretto. Mahler's Fifth: in short terminology, Pan&Bacchus; Flowers; Animals;Man,Angels; Love . Cellocgw (talk) 13:06, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

I don't believe Cueball is looking up the phrase when he types A-N-O-M... I think he's just typing the phrase into the file where he collects the 5-word phrases, as it's listed as the last of his favorites in the bottom section of the panel. Ianrbibtitlht (talk) 13:11, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

Yea that is clear from it being one of his hobbies to collect them. Have changed the explanation. --Kynde (talk) 09:32, 1 July 2020 (UTC)

I had a foundling dog diagnosed with "Juvenile Canine Psychogenic Polydipsia - Polyurea. He also had five different kinds of parasites. Pwydde (talk) 21:37, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

I've noticed that Epson loves five word names for its inkjet papers, such as "Ultra Premium Presentation Paper Matte" Tanana (talk) 23:37, 30 June 2020 (UTC)