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The Precog Blog: Not Convinced
http://www.precogs.net/2007/09/not-convinced.html
Your Future Looks Better Than Your Past When You're Present With The Man. Sunday, September 23, 2007. Michigan St. 31, Notre Dame 14. It's nice and all, but . come on. Get back to me eight weeks. Posted by Dashiell at 9/23/2007 11:10:00 PM. View my complete profile. Not At All Safe For Work! See me talk out loud! Marv Marinovich: Still A Jerk. The Curse Of The U-Haul. Less Than Meets The Eye. He Was Also The Tap Dance Kid. Are We Done Yet? GIRLS, GIRLS, GIRLS. I BLOG, WE BLOG. Say No To Joe.
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it’s X all the way down | The Snowclones Database
https://snowclones.org/2011/01/26/its-x-all-the-way-down
Snowclones are the new eggcorns. About the snowclones database. Narrow vs. broad snowclones. I [shape] X roundup →. It’s X all the way down. January 26, 2011. As recorded in Stephen Hawking’s 1988 A Brief History of Time. You’re very clever, young man, very clever , said the old lady. But it’s turtles all the way down! Whenever this story originally appeared, it does seem to have become popular as a result of Hawking’s retelling:. X must be something that can be pluralized: actors. All the way down.
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we’re gonna need a bigger X | The Snowclones Database
https://snowclones.org/2008/02/06/were-gonna-need-a-bigger-x
Snowclones are the new eggcorns. About the snowclones database. X is hard, let’s go shopping →. We’re gonna need a bigger X. February 6, 2008. This originated in the 1975 movie Jaws. The group setting out to kill the great white shark are told, “You’re gonna need a bigger boat.” [Insert something here about the movement from “you” to “we” because of the asynchronous nature of Internet dialogue…]. This entry was posted in Snowclones. X is hard, let’s go shopping →. April 22, 2008 at 10:26 pm. This may als...
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A site for “CountryX is the CountryY of Z” | The Snowclones Database
https://snowclones.org/2013/01/28/a-site-for-countryx-is-the-countryy-of-z
Snowclones are the new eggcorns. About the snowclones database. A site for “CountryX is the CountryY of Z”. A site for “CountryX is the CountryY of Z”. This site maps puts tweets of the snowclone of the form “CountryX is the CountryY of Z” on a world map, in real time or something close to it. January 28, 2013. This entry was posted in Snowclones. One response to “ A site for “CountryX is the CountryY of Z”. February 22, 2013 at 1:54 pm. Yo dawg, I put some X in your X so you could Y while you Y. Build a...
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Index | The Snowclones Database
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Snowclones are the new eggcorns. About the snowclones database. This page contains links to each snowclone which currently has a post written about it. It should overlap with all the items crossed off in the Queue. If you are looking for a place to suggest a snowclone, please go to the Queue. Going to X like I’ve never Xed before. X is the Y of Z. The only good X is a dead X. Whatever Xs your Y. My X runneth over. If X is wrong, I don’t want to be right. Im in ur X Ying ur Z. Yes Virginia, there is an X.
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The Precog Blog: Not Again.
http://www.precogs.net/2007/04/not-again.html
Your Future Looks Better Than Your Past When You're Present With The Man. Sunday, April 29, 2007. Earlier today, I spent an unhealthy amount of money to renew my season football tickets to Michigan State, even though I don't live in Michigan anymore, didn't go to a single game last year and probably won't this year. At some point in 2005, I declared that the program was dead to me—at least until John L. Smith was gone, and that even after that, they would have to earn. View my complete profile.
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misquotations | The Snowclones Database
https://snowclones.org/2012/08/15/misquotations
Snowclones are the new eggcorns. About the snowclones database. Verbal “heart” added to the OED. A site for “CountryX is the CountryY of Z” →. August 15, 2012. Snowclones are one of the memetic modes that cause misquotations to persist, so I found this The Atlantic article worth sharing today: “ Beam Us Up, Mr Scott! Why Misquotations Catch On. Among the ones I’ve written about so far, I discovered that “ the only good X is a dead X. 8221; “ these are not the droids you’re looking for. I [shape] X roundup.
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the only good X is a dead X | The Snowclones Database
https://snowclones.org/2007/12/13/the-only-good-x-is-a-dead-x
Snowclones are the new eggcorns. About the snowclones database. Whatever Xs your Y. X is the Y of Z →. The only good X is a dead X. December 13, 2007. The original, “the only good Indian is a dead Indian”, has been attributed. To American Civil War General Philip Sheridan, in response to salutations from Comanche chief Tosawi. C 1869. It’s not clear whether he actually said it, but whoever said it, it spread in this form. Indian. Sic], and chinaman. Problem here–but then, I didn’t know Indian. December 1...
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verbal “heart” added to the OED | The Snowclones Database
https://snowclones.org/2011/03/24/verbal-heart-added-to-the-oed
Snowclones are the new eggcorns. About the snowclones database. I [shape] X roundup. Verbal “heart” added to the OED. March 24, 2011. The power of “ I [heart] X. 8221; is now such that the transitive verb “to heart” (spelled out, or written as “ ”) has become part of the Oxford English Dictionary. I’m not a lexicographer, but that seems like a quick turnaround. Hat-tip to Ben Zimmer for bringing this to my attention. 2010 Observer 18 July 13/4, I hearted Take That with a teary passion that was deemed unb...
