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tomcatfish on Nov 6, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Every possible pun of the form ‘You put the X in Y...

Wow, some of these are really unique and would be EASILY missed by simpler string matching. I had to read some out-loud to understand

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> YOU PUT THE OUGHT IN WATERCOLORS.

> YOU PUT THE REITAN IN FRIGHTENED.

> YOU PUT THE EFFICIENTLY IN INEFFICIENTLY . > YOU PUT THE BORED IN DEBORD.

> YOU PUT THE FARAH IN PHEROMONES. (!!?)

matsemann on Nov 6, 2020 | [–]

> YOU PUT THE DICKS IN DICTIONARIES

This is great! Just wish it was possible to filter out uncommon words. I have no idea what half of them means or how they're supposed to be pronounced (non-native).

duskwuff on Nov 6, 2020 | [–]

> > YOU PUT THE FARAH IN PHEROMONES. (!!?)

"Farah" and "phero-" are both pronounced ˈfɛrə ("fair-ruh").

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