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RmDebArc_5 piefed.zip RmDebArc_5@piefed.zip
Joined: 2025-06-23
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>"traffic jam" >can't even spread it on your toast  The English language is full of deceit and betrayal
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Err(()).unwrap() lemmy.world rtxn@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-24
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> Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road

What the fuck was John Greenday smoking when he wrote this? Who sticks forks into roads?

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gigastasio sh.itjust.works gigastasio@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-10-13
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agamemnonymous sh.itjust.works agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-15
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Skill issue

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Routhinator startrek.website Routhinator@startrek.website
Joined: 2023-06-16
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Jam = sticky

Sticky things clog. Jam when it gets stuck somewhere thickens as it dries into a rubbery mess.

Hence the concept of something being "jammed" becoming synonymous with clogged, blocked, disrupted.

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Nangijala feddit.dk Nangijala@feddit.dk
Joined: 2025-02-28
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Then you have my language where poison and marriage is the same word, lol.

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