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  1. "Lawn Enforcement"

    The U.S. hockey community desperately needs the Department of Education to survive.

    "Tarps off boys, It's go time!!!"
    --Reilly, Letterkenny

    #Hockey
    #Misspellings

  2. @easwatch lmao a fugative sounds like an extreme laxative

    The pill that makes you go FUUUUUGGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!

    Also that they’re using the EAS for this should get them smacked by the FCC

    #misspellings #acab

  3. #Okay, I never realised #ok had such a disputed list of proposed #etymologies: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OK#Propo

    Seems the three most accepted ones are:
    — early #Boston #fad of intentional #misspellings ('Oll Korrekt' and its predecessor OW, 'Oll Wright'), combined with a presidential campaign by #MartinVanBuren, whose nickname was #OldKinderhook.

    — Derived from words used by #Choctaw (#Chahta) and other #NativeAmerican people, such as 'okeh' or 'hoke'.

    #WestAfrican 'waw-kay', or 'o ke'.

    #etymology