Computers used to scream out in pain when we connected them to the Internet.

This was a clue and we just didn't listen.

grocery store chains: we set record profits this year

retail chains: we've never made so much money

energy companies: we just posted our best quarter on record

news article: who is to blame for inflation? you peasants wanting wages, probably

RT @[email protected]

A downfall in 4 parts.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Esqueer_/status/1608582107563167744

“Booty call” and “butt dial” has been offered up as an example of where the literal meaning of two phrases is the same but the implied meaning is very different (denotative vs connotative meanings).

Today a coffee mug gave me another example: “dad bod” and “father figure”

#linguistics #wordplay