Some of these are very cool and fits their definition exactly. But some others are very forced. Who would think that “fashion” and “taylor” are synonyms? And they are both further synonyms of “fix”? Or in the “Cold Fusion // Cool Cat” pair how would “fusion” be a synonym of “cat”?
em-bee · 13m ago
when you make a list like this then it's always a challenge to deal with edge cases. fashion and tailor fit together as well as many other terms on that list. a swift taylor can be seen as producing fast fashion, even if not true in reality. fixing clothes is also the work of many tailors. with getting custom tailored clothes falling out of fashion (pun intended ;-) the bulk of the work of most tailors is making changes and fixing things. in germany it is even a recognized profession with a two year training (you can become a full tailor with an extra year). most of my visits to a tailor recently have literally been for a quick fix. stuff that i could probably have done myself if i had a sowing machine and time.
i am with you on the cat fusion however. i don't get that one either.
jstanley · 20m ago
A tailor makes clothes.
To fashion something is to make something. To tailor something is to customise it.
`cat` is a Unix command for concatenating files, which you could argue is fusing them together?
roenxi · 2h ago
Some poet must have had a lot of fun with these slipping things past the censors. It'd be in the same league as the underhanded C contest - what is the most innocent short text that can be written while slipping in some subtle but likely rather dirty double meaning in.
PeterStuer · 4h ago
This is great, had quite a few chuckles.
You could take it one step further and merge in Cockney Slang as an extra stage.
chabska · 3h ago
That's a very loose definition of "synonyms" . Most are like "conceptually adjacent".
investa · 4h ago
Hypothesis = Understatement makes sense, right?
saagarjha · 5h ago
I have to admit some of these took a moment to register.
i am with you on the cat fusion however. i don't get that one either.
To fashion something is to make something. To tailor something is to customise it.
`cat` is a Unix command for concatenating files, which you could argue is fusing them together?
You could take it one step further and merge in Cockney Slang as an extra stage.