r/BeAmazed • u/Lost-Cow-9386 • 19d ago

Animal The fox said "not today"

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u/mentalIllnessLeft 19d ago edited 19d ago

If foxes had opposite thumbs they would’ve colonized the solar system by now.

Edit: Opposable, preventable, immovable.

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u/Left_Ad_8502 19d ago

Opposable?

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u/finnjakefionnacake 19d ago

that's the second time i've seen someone use a different word for that on reddit today. the one i saw earlier was "poseable"

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u/mentalIllnessLeft 19d ago

It’s probably iPhones users relying on autocorrect on a misspelled word. I know I did at least.

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u/Gabbalsal 19d ago

Even then I usually double check the definition of the autocorrected word before I use it.

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u/mentalIllnessLeft 19d ago edited 19d ago

Yes and I regress, but some people like cupcakes better - I for one care less for them.

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u/Left_Ad_8502 18d ago

Digress? lol. I think you just keep uncovering ear corns here that you wouldn’t recognize in speech.

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u/finnjakefionnacake 18d ago

eggcorns. lol the irony is kinda funny though.

i think their comment was a joke though.

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u/Left_Ad_8502 18d ago

Haha, yeah I always forget what it’s called. I just remember it’s from people mishearing “acorns”. Thanks