Comment on xkcd #2896: Crossword Constructors

• 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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