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I know a lot of women who load long fics onto their eReaders so they can read them on the bus.

The accused stood mute and the judge ordered a plea of nolo contendere into the record. This whole thing is fascinating to me because it never occurs to me to buy smutty ebooks when there's such a pornucopia available on AO3.
posted to MetaFilter by immlass at 3:04 PM on March 2, 2015

Language of Towels, snap
posted to MetaFilter by elkevelvet at 11:52 AM on May 2, 2024

getting the price and size down. For starters you wouldn’t need it in both eyes

Featuring the new ARRR1 chip with full pirate mode.
posted to MetaFilter by fairmettle at 2:33 PM on June 7, 2023

It's like they choose the sequel title specifically to confuse fans of Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Missed opportunity to go with Avatar 2: Electric Bluegaloo.
posted to MetaFilter by lock robster at 12:52 PM on May 11, 2022

I pronounce it 'period of mourning'.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by k3ninho at 7:46 AM on March 30, 2022

I guess I shouldn't have invested my life savings in Dunning-Krugerrands.
posted to MetaFilter by incster at 6:07 PM on February 2, 2019

A term is chosen (with nice greek roots)

Actually, it's got one nice Greek root (poly) and one nice Latin root (amor). Put them together and you get the bastard spawn of Satan's pseudolexicon. I don't care who you fuck, but get your goddamn classical roots straight. (And yes, that goes for "television," or as I prefer to think of it, teleorasis.)
posted to MetaTalk by languagehat at 11:57 AM on March 7, 2008

passé-aggressive
posted to Ask MetaFilter by bonehead at 12:13 PM on March 8, 2010 marked best answer