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2w ago

News

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And "No" stands for "Nicely Observed".
- NO!
  
  Thanks!
- I always thought it stood for Negative Objections

I always thought it was a pluralisation of "new" as in what are the new things I should know about, or what are the "news"
- yah that’s pretty much it, it comes from middle english newys which means "new things"
  
  i'm now starting a movement to say "newies" instead of "news"
  
  that feels like a slur for some reason
- No that can't be it

News is also a verb.
"I newsed Sandy about the factory."
"I was newsing it up with Henry."
You wish I was joking.
- My favorite part is when the news yell "It's newsing time!" and news all over the place
  
  I can't believe that the news stole morbius' tag line
- "I was newsing it up with Henry" sounds like an innuendo.
  
  if it wasn't before it is now
- Every word can be versed is a core tenet of the english language. Just like Germans use more compound words and noun a lot of words.

Never Eat Wedded Shreat
- I can eat the unmarried ones though, right?
- Wedded, you say?

North. East. West. South. !
- That's what I learnt the origin of the word was.
  
  My English teacher was dead serious when she told me that too
- That's what I figured it was when I was a kid. Same letters as the compass rose, information from around the world.

Backronym

Not Enough Wild Shit
- Lately I got my fill of wild shit, is there a way to change that?

Now 'Ere's What's Shit
Now Ending: William Shatner

Nobody Enjoys Wet Socks

Negative Ecology Weakens Sumerians

Never Eat Watermelons Soggy
- i've been doing it wrong my entire life‽

Naked Ewoks Will Stab

SovCits furiously writing that down

Newt Enjoying Wet Salamanders

No Elefant Were Safe 😲

Can we get Huey Lewis's take on this?

Well it should!

Why would you trust the Merriam Webster Brand account? Have you seen brand Twitter lately? Don't trust the people behind these accounts, they're only doing it for clicks.
- The screenshot is from 2017 back before it wasnt a complete cesspool.

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