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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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Just realized that "upside down" means "the up side is down", making it upside down (lemmy.ml)
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[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 19 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Wait until you learn the news is new.

[–] Binette@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 months ago

In French, it's also the same origin (nouvelles = news; nouvelle/nouveau = new)

[–] Anarchistcowboy@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Damnit someone just last week told me it was an acronym for notable events weather and sports but this makes more sense

[–] CoggyMcFee@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago

A good rule of thumb is that any word etymology that is an acronym is probably false if the word is more than 100 years old.