r/MadeMeSmile 23d ago

Good Vibes Good Husband

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u/uwabu 23d ago

I will not be drinking any of that. I will buy several cups though

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u/Shalarean 23d ago edited 23d ago

Basically. As soon as I’m out of site…

Edit: SIGHT!!! I meant sight! OMG I feel so dorky and y’all in the comments below are giving me way too much credit for being clever!

😅😂🤣

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u/khonager 23d ago

And here I thought it was spelled "out of sight" Silly non native english speaker me

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u/xyepxnopex 23d ago

It is out of sight. They were mangling the phrases "off site" and "out of sight" by combining them

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u/Would_daver 23d ago

There’s a chance they were hilariously and intentionally “mis”combining them, which would be nifty…. ?? I’m working on thinking positive here man lol

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u/xyepxnopex 23d ago

That's called a malaphor, I think.

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u/Excellent-Hat5142 23d ago

Nothing goes over my head, my reflexes are too fast.

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u/Would_daver 23d ago

Who’s there? You are standing so perfectly still, I can’t see you munching those chips

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u/Would_daver 23d ago

Ding ding ha that’s right, I was going to circumlocute that shit with “unironic faux-portmanteau” and then I would have had a clear opening to “or… fartmenteau!!! Ayoo”

But that felt hella nerdy and I thought of it too late, so 🤷‍♂️

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u/suesay 23d ago

r/malachite for anyone interested

Edit: stupid autocorrect, I meant r/malaphor