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Caitlin Dempsey McKoy's avatar

This article was nothing if not 'macabe.' Keep up the great work!

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Helena Handbasket's avatar

Would that be "Macabe and Mrs. Miller?"

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Malcolm Fleschner's avatar

Good guess, but no. During the summer of 1988 Caitlin and I lived in Virginia Beach and one of our neighbors was in a hardcore metal band called "Macabre." Except they were better musicians than spellers, so they had stickers and other merch printed up that spelled the band's name as "Macabe."

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Helena Handbasket's avatar

I get it. Because of a young niece's mispronunciation of a pizza chain's name on a sign, we've been referring to D'Angelo's as "Dangly-O's" for 40 years.

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Malcolm Fleschner's avatar

Not Missy Johnson!

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Jobba the Hot's avatar

That reminds of the time that “squiggy” was soooo into Chuck

Also, looked up the 4:20 thing, turns out is was popularized by the same guy that invented the

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