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Telemakhosyesterday at 1:02 PM2 repliesview on HN

“Ineffable” means “too great to be spoken in words,” so I’m wondering what you found sexualized about that.


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bryanrasmussenyesterday at 1:17 PM

A coworker made a sort of cartoon, pompous jerk says "Who dares disturb the ineffable blah blah blah"

Cleaning lady: "Sorry I had no idea you wasn't effable, I'll come back later"

that is to say since effable as a slang term for some someone that one might like to have sex with exists, it is a reasonable pun to make with ineffable as being, well, not effable. However one should probably be able to realize the ineffable in question is not a pun on the slang term and figure things out. Somewhat embarrassing really.

on edit: added in disturb, must have missed it because very tired.

magnusmundusyesterday at 1:09 PM

Another meaning the word "effable" acquired in the last couple decades is a spelled out form of "f-able", as in fuckable. OP must've been unaware of the word's prior existence.

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