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nifty@lemmy.world to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

So hard to tell!

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So hard to tell!

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nifty@lemmy.world to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 1 year ago
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  • SirSamuel@lemmy.world
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    I’m kinda curious. Did the Simpsons invent ‘yoink’ or did it exist before 1988?

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      the word “yoink,” a coinage of Meyer’s, which characters sometimes utter in the act of snatching something

      https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2000/03/13/taking-humor-seriously

      That implies invention by Meyer, doesn’t it?

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        Nice! Thank you that’s awesome

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      Do tag me if someone answers.

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        I don’t know how to tag but i got an answer in this thread

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          Thanks

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