Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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Whomever named lisp was extremely cruel because those who have it can't pronounce it. (lemm.ee)

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Whomever named this was extremely cruel because those who have it can't pronounce it.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

This word is actually not named maliciously at all. From Greek:

“Dys,” meaning “bad,” or “abnormal,” like in Dysfunctional

“Lexia” from “Lexis,” meaning “reading.” Think of “lexicon.”

So now you have a perfectly normal word in Greek that came to the modern age and now is ironic because it’s not exactly native