Comment on xkcd #2896: Crossword Constructors

ZDL@ttrpg.network ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Deebster@programming.dev ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  These are all short words full of the most common letters, so will make designing crosswords easier because they’ll be useful “crossers”.

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  • stoly@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    But why references to musicians?

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    • Soup@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      These specific musicians are referenced a lot by crosswords. NYT loves them, at least. Very “hip and with it”.

      It’s kinda an inside joke, but that’s XKCD for ya.

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      • stoly@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Thanks, that’s what I needed

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    • Deebster@programming.dev ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I assume it’s just an example of how to create new topical words since it’s a lot easier to name an album than to get a word well-known enough to be eligible for the dictionary.

      The artists all seem to be big names so I assume it’s their popularity rather than any history of quirky album names that’s decided the list.

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    • shneancy@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I assumed it was because those musicians are popular enough that even if they released songs/albums with the title scheme akin to svnahshfhfbduj people would still buy them and know about them.

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  • ZDL@ttrpg.network ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Oh, I see! Thanks!

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  • moistclump@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Are we called crossers?

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    • moistclump@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Oh the crossword cross-er. Thought it was a cool new “puzzle head” term I hadn’t heard. Misread. I’m dumb at crosswords too.

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• randomaccount43543@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  explainxkcd.com/2896

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