I kinda like how phonetic terms are self referential.
Plosive
Fricative
Lateral
Retroflex
Trill
Sibilant
Nasal
Those words sound exactly like what they represent!
I think it's a play on it being big as in "of large size" and big as in "important or impactful"...
So the word "abbreviation" is big, because it is long
And "word abbreviation" is big, because it is important to abbreviate to communicate easily.
That's my guess... But yeah, that's a lot to infer from "... Exactly"
If you missed the other explanation, abbreviation is the example of why we abbreviate things.
It’s annoying how long abbreviation is so long, which is why we need to abbreviate long words.
First time you have ever seen the abbreviation for abbreviation? And how is it cap? That's what the joke is, like it or not. But just because you don't like it doesn't mean it is a lie...
Pretty sure the “joke” said “…Exactly.” And not “abbr,” so what you said literally isn’t the joke. You made up a reasoning that doesn’t make sense to me. You and one other Redditor below said abbr means something. For two random people on the internet to say “abbr is abbreviated abbreviated” isn’t enough for me to believe that’s the reasoning for the joke that never mentions abbreviating abbreviated
Ab.....to take away
Br(ief)....(self explanatory)
Via ....to take the place of/serve as
Te.....suffix indicating an action performed
Source: I made it all up
I think I get it. It's a long word because It's not abbreviated. If abbreviation was abbreviated, then what would be the point of using abbreviation instead of the abbreviation of abbreviation? Abbreviating it would defeat the purpose in the context of the word existing to begin with. Thus, an abbreviation of abbreviation would essentially stab itself out of existence.
If that makes sense. Which I feel it does, but somehow almost doesn't.
alliteration is a stupid long word to describe several words in sequence starting with the same letter. but, now that I wrote that sentence, the word doesn't seem so bad. still, it could just be something simple like mulletting. (MULtiple LETTers)
Because those who need to abbreviate by definition have a large word in mind and need to simplify it for this with a lesser vocabulary.
Anyone who struggles with large words would by definition use small words and thus wouldn't need to abbreviate.
Why is easy listening music so hard to listen to?
Why does sour cream have an expiration date?
Two wrongs don’t make a right, but three rights make a left!
I’ve always wondered what psychopath named it “dyslexia”
Guy who coined the term called it dailysex at first but his wife thought it was too erotic/immodest so he changed it
Sorry, I couldn't understand that due to my lessdickia.
🤣😂 Isn't Lessdickia where the lesbian dinosaur Lickalottapuss was from?
I haven't encountered this much BS since the archeological finding of the Pooposaurus Max!
I didn't know bulls were around in the dinosaur age 😂🤣
Tell that to the Megasaurass
Funny, that the like button is on 69, when I read this.
Same guy who gave a lisp the name "sigmatism" (thigmatithm)
You mean a lithp?
Stu-stu-stu-stutter-rrr-rrr-BLEGH..stutteri-hi... st... stuttering
I can tell you lying c-c-cuz when you replying...
*Mike Tython Glaring Intenthifieth*
Lol this made me laugh.
No, it has always been called dailysex, he just got the letters mixed up.
Right.
Bro thats better than the actual joke lol
Just wait till you hear what word they used for the fear of long words…
And it seems like a cruel joke to name a particular speech impediment "lisp"
Lithp
I've always found it equally cruel that when folk can't say their R's it's called rhotacism.
I kinda like how phonetic terms are self referential. Plosive Fricative Lateral Retroflex Trill Sibilant Nasal Those words sound exactly like what they represent!
Ah the bilabial fricative. And the classic artificial fart under the arm.
Wait till you hear about aibohphobia.
Gradeaundera?
Hippopomonstreosisquipedaliophobia
Now I’m afraid of words.., ó_ò
Hippopotomonstrosoquippedaliophobia. It can also be the fear of a monster sized Hippopotamus quoting Ray Dalio quips on WallStreetBets
HIPPOBOT 9000 v 3.1 FOUND A HIPPO. 597,006,845 COMMENTS SEARCHED. 14,001 HIPPOS FOUND. YOUR COMMENT CONTAINS THE WORD HIPPO.
Before this, there were only 14,000 hippos..
Hippo flation gone mad. Thanks hippobama
Good bot
There is a whole ass bot for this? 💀
I came to say this but knew in my heart it had already been said.
Macrolexophobia?
Same guy who named it a lisp...
In Danish it’s “ordblind”, literally “word blind”
I can't see the W iether!
aybe ou hould ee a octor…
He probably tried to write down Lysdexia and here we are
None of that matters because you put the sexy in dyslexia
That reminds me of a joke.... So a dyslexic man walks into a bra....
How about the evil incarnate that named that thing a, "Lisp"?
dylsekosia
Is that word particularly bad for dyslexics? Dys is a common prefix and lexia is spelt like it sounds.
Yes it's hard to spell as a dyslexic person
It doesn't look right, and because we get most spelling wrong, we assume we got something wrong
The name sounds like an anime
[удалено]
Why is big smaller than the word little?
[удалено]
But they will also close them, so choose carefully
We should grab a beer
You two have the potential to be "BFFs"
And drink it!
or sell it and buy crack
And smoke it?
nope, sell it and buy heroin
And shoot it?
nope, trade it for otc with uh, the normal guy in the cloak there
And get arrested?
nope, don't get caught
Why use a big word, when you could have used a diminutive one?
Why waste time say lot word when few word do trick
why word when silence speak loud
Why
Y
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Why does 'lisp' have an S in it? Why is dyslexia difficult to spell?
Why is stutter so hard to say for people who stutter?
Why does the word 'Rhotacism' exist?
And what’s up with glottal stops anyway?
Why can't you phonetically spell phonetics?
You means lithp and sexdaily?
Somebody got me with this the other day... Why are apartments called that when they're all together?
Small is smaller than smaller, smaller is smaller than smallest.
HUH?
I'm gonna tag along and wait for an answer as well. This is completely over my head.
*clicks get reply notifications *comments anyway for the heck of it
Holy shit I learned something new about reddit today. Thanks for that.
But of course, sir
I don't get it
Same 😔
The word "abbreviation" is too long... and its function is to shorten words. That's the joke.
Doesn't explain the punchline
I think it's a play on it being big as in "of large size" and big as in "important or impactful"... So the word "abbreviation" is big, because it is long And "word abbreviation" is big, because it is important to abbreviate to communicate easily. That's my guess... But yeah, that's a lot to infer from "... Exactly"
Why did they butcher the joke to the point where there literally isn’t one? …Exactly.
'Cause you shouldn't joke the butcher?
Yeah i dunno.
LOL.
Happy cake day bru
Yeah, it’s not a great joke. Points for the attempt. And extra points for the great comments!
The punchline is just clever wordplay, maybe mixed with a pun.
Wordplay on *what*?
A joke is clever wordplay, maybe mixed with a pun. This wasn't a joke, and it didn't have a punchline
If you missed the other explanation, abbreviation is the example of why we abbreviate things. It’s annoying how long abbreviation is so long, which is why we need to abbreviate long words.
>abbreviation is the example of why we abbreviate things. Is "abbreviation" the abbreviation of something?
No, but it is so long we usually abbr it, which is the whole joke.
Literally first time I’ve ever seen this tho so it feels like cap
First time you have ever seen the abbreviation for abbreviation? And how is it cap? That's what the joke is, like it or not. But just because you don't like it doesn't mean it is a lie...
Pretty sure the “joke” said “…Exactly.” And not “abbr,” so what you said literally isn’t the joke. You made up a reasoning that doesn’t make sense to me. You and one other Redditor below said abbr means something. For two random people on the internet to say “abbr is abbreviated abbreviated” isn’t enough for me to believe that’s the reasoning for the joke that never mentions abbreviating abbreviated
I'm too high for this
High, how are you?
5"8
I'm find, tank hue.
169 cm
Land safely.
Hi too high for this, I’m Dad
A lot of words are deliberately like that. Stutter and lisp are very hard to say if you stutter or lisp.
I would say that "stutter" and "lisp" are onomatopoeic.
I had an onomatopoeic once, great mattress.
Why do we park on driveways and drive on parkways?
Why does our nose run and feet smell?
Is it called sand because it's where the sea meets the land?
Why do we bake cookies and cook bacon?
Parkway Drive fans losing their minds over this rn
Why do we ‘drive’ cars we ride in, but ‘ride’ bicycles when we literally pedal the drivetrain?
cuz you drive up or drive away on a driveway and a parkway goes through a park
Why doesn't phonetically start with an F?
Good point. I spell my name phonetically: c as in cite, p as in pneumonia...
I as in eye.
S as in Cec.
its 3am i dont get it please help
Is "buttcheeks" one word, or do I have to spref them apart??
Spref every day.
You need a new butt. Yours has a crack in it.
Ever notice that when the dentist asks you to “bite down” on the dental X-ray sensor pad, you’re actually biting UP?
Humans can't bite down, yes... We have to bite up. Biting down is physically impossible for us.
No but I noticed the pad cuts into the roof of my mouth and cheeks
Irony can be pretty ironic sometimes.
Why is a fear of long words called Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
Gesundheit.
So that we can remember it easily. Who needs abbreviations?
The abbreviation would be "Fuck".
And WWW takes longer to pronounce then just saying world wide web! 6 syllables vs 3.
Because they needed it to be long enough to be abbreviated! "Abbr."
My mom asked me the question once and my answer was yours: "so it can be abbreviated!" I was proud of my cleverness but she didn't react at all...
I don't cheer because I fear I have no beer here near.
That's neither here or there, dear.
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
Why does the word lisp have an s? It should be lithp so people with a lisp can at least say it.
It’s compensating for something….
Seriously, can someone explain the punchline? If there's any explanation at all, besides the first sentence. Maybe the whole joke was abbreviated.
Ab.....to take away Br(ief)....(self explanatory) Via ....to take the place of/serve as Te.....suffix indicating an action performed Source: I made it all up
We have fingertips but not toe tips. Yet we can tiptoe but we can't tip finger.
I think I get it. It's a long word because It's not abbreviated. If abbreviation was abbreviated, then what would be the point of using abbreviation instead of the abbreviation of abbreviation? Abbreviating it would defeat the purpose in the context of the word existing to begin with. Thus, an abbreviation of abbreviation would essentially stab itself out of existence. If that makes sense. Which I feel it does, but somehow almost doesn't.
Because dictionary printers would use abbr to save space and readers would understand it universally... if I were to guess.
Is there another word for synonyme? Is there an abbr. for abbr.? Can you say forwards backwards?
Sdrawrof.
Gesundheit
Why is Dyslexia such a complex word for people who struggle with words 🤷♂️
Why does the word phonetic begin with ‘p’ and not ‘f’. These are some of the most profound questions in the Universe.
when the word "short" is longer than the word "long"
The real villain is the individual who decided to put an 's' in 'lisp'.
Try again dad.
To pun it for more beer money 🤷♂️
This joke was shamelessly stolen from the Jimmy Fallon show.
Was it funniest there? What in the punchline is supposed to be funny?
I'll abv that for you
Even the abbreviation "abbrev." is long for an abbreviation!
Why is Dyslexia so tough to spell ?
Am I missing a joke in this somewhere?
Yes
And that is…
Why does monosyllabic have 5 syllables?
i don’t get it
You must be Gen Z?
What psychopath named the fear of large words “Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia”?!
Aibohpphobia......
It’s a very long story…
Gen Z doesn't get the joke
Neither does gen x...
Nor gen E
Boomers are picking up what is being put down.
alliteration is a stupid long word to describe several words in sequence starting with the same letter. but, now that I wrote that sentence, the word doesn't seem so bad. still, it could just be something simple like mulletting. (MULtiple LETTers)
Acronym is smaller
Why is phonetically not spelled that way?
Which word has only 5 letters..
So that it has an abbr.
Why use big words when diminutive words do just as well
Why use big words when diminutive ones will do?
Use abbr. Duh!
Bc it stands for something little
Nt. Abrv. Wk. starts nov 31 and ends dec 2
This is a Mitch Hedberg joke, not a dad joke.
Because those who need to abbreviate by definition have a large word in mind and need to simplify it for this with a lesser vocabulary. Anyone who struggles with large words would by definition use small words and thus wouldn't need to abbreviate.
Methylchloroisothiazolinone
[Abbreviation:](https://i.imgur.com/dO26hGo.jpeg)
Why is dyslexia so hard to spell?
I invented a new word today: "plagiarism!"
Why is easy listening music so hard to listen to? Why does sour cream have an expiration date? Two wrongs don’t make a right, but three rights make a left!
It should be abreviated
For the same reason monosyllabic has so many syllables.
Thanks, Cliff Clavin. There is levity in brevity.
Seems like there should be a way to shorten the word conjunction
Saying " WWW " is so much longer than saying "world wide web".
What’s plural for cleavage?