People who don't understand the difference between etymology and entomology bug me in ways I can't put into words.
@MostlyHarmless I heard a β€˜ba-dum-tss’ when i read that ;)
@MostlyHarmless Oooh can we add cosmology vs. cosmetology?

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#Epidemiology and something having to do with skin!

At least they tried i guess!

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... and climatology, because honestly some people just don't know what any of them are.
@khleedril @suzannealdrich @MostlyHarmless i read the Kama Sutra. i know a thing or two about climatology 😏
@suzannealdrich @MostlyHarmless True facts: Physics was one of my favorite classes in high school. I sat behind my half-Japanese friend Mariko who had hair down to her waist that I liked to braid. Our teacher: "This is not cosmetology, Ryan."
@MostlyHarmless I have a mental block about this word pair. The only way I can remember entomology is the study of insects is that ants like ENTenmann's cookies

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Release no puns until they are fully groan.

@MostlyHarmless And people who confuse those with Entenmannology really take the cake.
@MostlyHarmless I just heard someone confuse metrology and meteorology. My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.
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@MostlyHarmless Easy, one studies the origin of "bugs" while the other...studies...the origin...of bugs.?. Wait, that can't be right.
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Origins of words Vs the study of insects
@AutisticMumTo3 @MostlyHarmless using the word "bugs" as the example of a word only to repeat the sentence again for the other example was the joke. Thanks though.

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When I was a young man I introduced myself at parties as an eminent entomologist (a rather stupid lie). But most of those I spoke to thought I was an Etymologist... πŸ˜‚

@MostlyHarmless one of them flies above my head but I can never remember which one!
DUDE @MostlyHarmless did not think there was such a thing as the perfect #nerdad joke, yet here it is in all it's nerdly beauty.