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[–] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I'm just here to point out the fact that I know goddamn well most of you learned the word petrichor from Doctor Who.

[–] lingh0e@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

I only know "blatherskite" because of Duck Tales.

[–] TIMMAY@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

I learned it from the Red Rising book series, though I may have learned it as a kid and forgot because it seemed vaguely familiar and my mom was always reading us stuff like Tolkien and CS Lewis

[–] Retreaux@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Just going to drop a Naddpod shout out to my fellow boobs here