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steve  ·  1473 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Ennui is a disease

but I'm confused... that's not really a meme - it's just a song? and the lyrics are "Send me on my way".





am_Unition  ·  1473 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The internet really mangled how people perceive the words "memetic" and "meme" . If I start singing the intro to that song, when a guy's mumbling "on the way", while playing the guitar part, 90% of American adults will be like "oh yeah!!", and they'll know the tune. That's memetic enough for me to call it such. Memes aren't only a picture with white text.

But yes, somehow my dumbass brain decided the guy was actually saying "Ennui", and I have no idea when that happened.

I'm so sorry, everyone!

kleinbl00  ·  1472 days ago  ·  link  ·  

What you're describing are called eggcorns and they are the best thing ever. Especially as they're the common reaction of any average reality show contestant to the vocabulary of the average reality show producer. You heard "on nui" where he was saying "on my way." We had a contestant once who told everyone she wasn't going to be their "escape goat". A friend of mine overheard a producer asking a Real Housewife if she found someone else "sycophantic" and the Real Housewife responded "...yeah when janine did that thing it made me feel all sick'n'frantic..."

am_Unition  ·  1472 days ago  ·  link  ·  

/r/boneappletea will help people nip that problem in the butt.