Word Crimes

[Good Enough For Now]

EDIT: What does he say in the background after

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"If you can't write in the proper way"?

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I've been hearing "Lousy writer!" It's not listed in the lyric sheet. The "Aw psych!" aside cracks me up every time.

[Skippy]

Just had this thought. The line

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You should never write words using numbers unless you're seven

made me think of this.

Coincidence? Doubtful.

[Bruce the Duck]

I think that's a coincidence. He was referring to

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people using "2" and "4" in place of "to" and "for."

[WalterWhite]

Someone mentioned a few pages back (or maybe in the speculation thread?) that there's a reference to

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Brokencyde

in this song. What is it?

[LovelySortsOfDeath]

I think that's a coincidence. He was referring to

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people using "2" and "4" in place of "to" and "for."

Which Robin Thicke does quite often.

[Skippy]

I think that's a coincidence. He was referring to

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people using "2" and "4" in place of "to" and "for."

I didn't mean that it was the meaning of the line in the song, just that he may have picked that particular age as a subtle reference.

[Skippy]

Someone mentioned a few pages back (or maybe in the speculation thread?) that there's a reference to

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Brokencyde

in this song. What is it?

I don't think there is. I don't much about them, but I haven't heard anything obvious referencing them. Someone was either joking around or misunderstood the lyrics (which would be pretty easy to do in this song.) Or it's something subtle that I wouldn't pick up on.

[Bruce the Duck]

This section is in contention for my favorite Al lyric of all time:

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And, I thought that you'd gotten it through your skull
What's figurative and what's literal
Oh but, just now, you said
You literally couldn't get out of bed
That really makes me want to literally smack a crowbar upside your stupid head

[Big Spoon]

Going back a few posts, the movie Se7en also popped into my head with that line.

[AccordionChick]

I was in the shower listening to the song & I realized some meaning of the lyrics.

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Think be, see, are, you is talking about the usage of b, c, r, & u in common online talk.

I laughed so much harder at this part.