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A Viscous Attack # 3

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Catspace · 09/03/2026 18:28

Ding, ding, round 3 of the highly entertaining collection of misspellings, misuse and general bastardisation of language. The floor is youre’s x

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SerendipityCat · Yesterday 22:09

Just read a post about a "lie for death scenario".

maudelovesharold · Yesterday 22:17

I’ve just seen ‘this was not a lie for death scenario’. Please tell me that’s possibly an autocorrect fail, not someone who thinks it’s actually ‘lie for death’!

maudelovesharold · Yesterday 22:19

Haha! Cross post. Was so shocked, I had to come straight here!

SerendipityCat · Yesterday 23:29

maudelovesharold · Yesterday 22:17

I’ve just seen ‘this was not a lie for death scenario’. Please tell me that’s possibly an autocorrect fail, not someone who thinks it’s actually ‘lie for death’!

Ha, great minds think alike and all that! But I honestly don't know. Many years ago I worked with a woman who was absolutely convinced it was "human cry" and not "hue and cry", so anything's possible.

Emptyandsad · Today 00:04

I've just seen this on another thread:
"This was not a lie for death scenario"

Lolz

Oops, I see I'm not the only one...

Fopar · Today 03:57

A few months ago one poster described a “Jaqueline Hyde” situation (and was insistent that it wasn’t a typo.

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