Yo they sound like the names of Hobbits lol.

    • WIIHAPPYFEW [he/him, they/them]
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      4 years ago

      I saw Melania Trump at a grocery store in Palm Beach yesterday. I told her how cool it was to meet her in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother her and ask her for photos or anything. She said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?” I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but she kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing her hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard her chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw her trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Milky Ways in her hands without paying. The guy at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Ma’am, you need to pay for those first.” At first she kept pretending to be tired and not hear him, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter. When he took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, she stopped him and told him to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical infetterence,” and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After he scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, she kept interrupting him by yawning really loudly.

  • Sen_Jen [they/them]
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    4 years ago

    It's literally called the United States of America. Imagine if the UK called itself the Federation of European Counties. It's a dumbass country with dumbass names.

  • D61 [any]
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    4 years ago

    I'll parrot Dave Anthony and say, "its the West Wing's fault."

  • Orannis62 [ze/hir]
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    4 years ago

    My favorite (though you don't hear it much) is SLOTUS: Second Lady of the United States. SLOTUS. Just say it a few times. SLOTUS.

  • deadbergeron [he/him,they/them]
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    4 years ago

    Are these terms a recent phenomenon or have they always been around? I feel like I started hearing POTUS a few years back and then FLOTUS and SCOTUS a bit after that, and now it seems like liberals want to add -OTUS to everything.

    Also reading them is bad enough, but when I hear someone say them in real life my whole day is ruined

  • Des [she/her, they/them]
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    4 years ago

    i always thought it was some effort to make the U.S. sound kind of psuedo-latin like roman empire shit

  • Awoo [she/her]
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    4 years ago

    They're wizard names actually how could you get this wrong you're an OWL.