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Historically, people with the surname "Johnson" were originally called that because they were sons of people called "John". Following the same logic, we can conclude people with the surname "Mason" were sons of people called "Ma".

not the best-executed but i tried making a cryptic crossword anagram-themed limerick *(THE EPIC CROSSWORD PENNED BY) [Harry] *(SHOWED, CRYPTICS'D BEEN PRONE) [to miscarry]. *(HIS DROPS WERE BENDY, CONCEPT) [in a frenzy], *(CONCEDES THE WORD-SNIPPER BY) [Harry].

DR and BLVD are simultaneously thoroughfare abbreviations and possible Missing Vowels clues for the category "Affectionate terms of address".

Adding "(joke)" to the end of a post has roughly the same meaning even if you remove the vowels.

hi and bye + have it both ways = highways and byways

man's rad game, haiku a hiragana desk, mum again, make hard sum raised a magma hunk, a maker had a musing: same kana guard him harmed gaia, unmask a hum, dark as enigma: ANAGRAMMED HAIKUS

To walk slowly is to amble To walk aimlessly is to ramble To walk awkwardly is to shamble To run about happily is to gambol (All unrelated, etymologically.)

The phrases "sigma male" and "S tier" use related letters, and they both describe a rank that transcends the other normally lettered rankings.

Is this how chemical reduction works? Titanium nitride + gallium sulfide -> tin + gas

"Quaternary" (in four parts) ends with "ternary" (in three parts), which ends in "nary" (never, not any). "Tetromino" (four-tiled shape) ends with "tromino" (three-tiled shape), which ends in "no" (never, not any).

Why is S[IX] EVEN? Because SEVEN ATE NINE!

C is a synonym of I I is a heteronym of A R is a conjugation of B 2 is a rough synonym of 4 K is an informal synonym of I 4 is shouted before striking a T

AT has the same spelling as @ AT has the same pronunciation as 8E AT (a tea) has a similar meaning to HI (a chai)

The language "Mandarin" has its common name contained within its formal linguistic name, "Modern Standard Chinese".

Itch(.io) and Scratch(.mit.edu) are both websites where you can host, play, and comment on browser-playable games.

"Close" and "remotely" are antonyms, but "not even close" and "not even remotely" are synonyms.

Every third letter of SOUTH DAKOTA TEXAS makes the word STATES.

Recalling memories is the same as recollecting them. Recalling products often involves re-collecting them.

If you match up the common letters in THREE, FIVE, ONE, TEN, and THREE again, you just about get the Roman numerals for those same numbers.

First time using MyCrossword! This is my third full cryptic grid I've made, and MyCrossword has been very helpful. Sample clues: - Siamese twin, you might say? (4) - Fred wants FoxTrot by Bill Amend (6) - Oh, sort of confused? Indeed (8) www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/3814 #cryptic #crossword

the word "appendectomy" is made up of a root meaning "to add" and a suffix meaning "removal"

fun fact: javascript has two functions with the name "log", one being Math.log() and the other being console.log(). in kotlin, the equivalent functions are ln() and println(), both containing "ln"! #wordplay #kotlin #javascript #coding

#programming #coding if UpperCamelCase is also called "Pascal case" because it's used in the programming language Pascal, that means snake_case could be called "Python case", which is fitting because pythons are snakes

there should be a math website where the menu has buttons that allow you to sin(up) or log(in)

the letters B O R T can be combined with A, I, O, or U and anagram into a "technological" sounding word (A)BORT ORB(I)T ROB(O)T T(U)RBO for E, you need to double the O, but you can get R(E)BOOT.

both halves of the word FRISKY are semantically similar to the word SUN, but in different ways

HAM RADIO and AMATEUR RADIO are synonyms, and the letters that they have in common are AM RADIO

i think something's wrong with my calculus chart (inspired by xkcd comics, like 1874, 2497, 2606, and so on) #math #funny

simple rebus puzzle

the english word "bite" is roughly equivalent to the english word "gnaw" the french word "bite" is roughly equivalent to the english word "gnaw" spelt in reverse

"rose" means both "soared" and "so, a red"

phonetic predicate: "kinETIC", "ETIQUette" connect at "etic" i cut "etic", etiquette -> ette connect "kinetic ette" ≈ Connecticut

it's funny that "cross multiplication" and "cross product" refer to distinct mathematical concepts. (come to think of it, in a way, interbreeding would be another type of cross-multiplication.)