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Rachel Ooi • 1 card

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Brad Stone • The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon

The word ‘stan’ comes from the Eminem song "Stan" which is about one of his obsessed fans.
What if Eminem named the fan ‘Dennis’?
We could be saying, “I dennis Beyonce.”
Merriam-Websterx.comTwo other dictionary projects: The Devil’s Dictionary (1906) by Ambrose Pierce and The Devil’s Financial Dictionary (2016) by Jason Zweig. I’m more interested in the original; all the definitions are satirical and he wrote it over decades. It has around 1,600 words in the unabridged version.
Dairy Farmers
Steve O'Farrell • 4 cards