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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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maudelovesharold · Today 10:10

HopeSpringsInfernal · Today 09:38

From mn 'catabolic collapse' - what on earth is that???

I’ve just googled it, and it appears to be a thing! Not sure what the author intended, out of context, though. Might well have been something completely different!

Whosthetabbynow · Today 11:11

HopeSpringsInfernal · Today 09:38

From mn 'catabolic collapse' - what on earth is that???

Some cat whose testicles have fallen out?

AlbieJiggered · Today 12:31

faux-pa (MN yesterday)

The energy deficit that the contestants have been running since the first day is now catching up with them, and their bodies have become catabolic (preferentially feeding off their own muscle and fat stores to fuel critical metabolic and cellular processes).
—Alice Park
catabolically

  • … the brain needs glucose as the source of energy and it cannot utilize fatty acids or amino acids catabolically.—Miland Watve
Source: Merriam-Webster
Fopar · Today 13:40

@AlbieJiggered

My username for this thread was the result of a similar garbling seen on a thread.

AlbieJiggered · Today 13:48

I guessed @Fopar . My username is my real name, obviously.Wink

bogstandardaf · Today 14:00

In the NY Times quiz Connections today: 'vischyssoise' instead of 'vichyssoise'. Surely someone is paid to check these things?
I was looking for a set of four words with an extra 's' etc. Nope. It was in a group of 4 things to make with potatoes...

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