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Thursday, January 8, 2004

Oh my god oh my god oh my god.

While transferring my bloglinks into my newly-installed Daily Crawl just now (thanks Matt!), I came across angst-ident prone and began to type it in.

And I finally got it.

I’d always mentally pronounced it ANGST-eye-DENT-prone. I’d figured it was just some wacky nonsense word. But no! I saw in his title bar that it’s actually two words. Angst-ident Prone! And I finally got it! It’s pronounced ANGST-ident prone! It’s a play on Accident prone! Accident prone, angst-ident prone! Hah!

I’m slow.

Permanent Link: I Get It!  5:02 PM |




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  1. Honey, don’t feel bad. It took me a couple of years to get the pun inherent in “Megnut”.

    Donated by TheBrad
    1/8/04 @ 6:57 PM


  2. I still read — when I see the word diaryland — dairyland. It’s probably just the cheese enthusiast in me.

    Donated by david
    1/9/04 @ 4:34 AM


  3. David, I’m glad I’m not the only one. I type my URL a couple of times every day, and feel transported to Wisconsin at least half the time.

    Donated by Huntington
    1/9/04 @ 7:34 AM


  4. Really, don’t feel bad. I don’t think most people get it. And I thought it was so clever. Now, what’s the pun in “Megnut”?

    Donated by Kris
    1/9/04 @ 8:24 AM


  5. “Megnut” = “nutmeg” transposed.

    Kris, thank you for accepting my ignorance. My sense of shame in not understanding your site’s name is made up for by the satisfaction I feel in finally having figured out what it means.

    Donated by Tin Man
    1/9/04 @ 9:34 AM


  6. I had the pleasure of meeting Kris in Chicago and he is very nice, as well as being cute.

    Donated by Jere
    1/9/04 @ 3:25 PM


  7. “Megnut” = “nutmeg” transposed.

    Perhaps unsurprisingly, I was in the pantry when I figured it out.

    Donated by TheBrad
    1/9/04 @ 5:22 PM