In the caption, Randall comments on the stereotype that linguists are obnoxious pedants who obsess over correct grammar usage ("Grammar Nazis"). Tongue in cheek, he remarks that the truth is actually much "worse", because at least pedants will have the social awareness that if somebody fell ...
The title text adds an additional layer of humor by saying that if a writer uses the "dagger" symbol (also known as a "†" symbol) without a corresponding footnote, it means that the writer is threatening the reader with a physical dagger. This is meant to be a tongue-in-cheek joke...
elaborate /ɪˈlæbəreit/ 详细说明 I don't quite understand it. Could you elaborate on your view? 我有些不是很懂 你能再解释一下你的观点吗 clarify /klærəˌfaɪ/ 阐释 Let me clarify the situation. I'm not teamed-up with Joe. ...
Having been inspired by Sophie Hammer Lewis’@Hammertimecharts, I thought I’d create some of my own based on the reality of life with twins and a toddler (my daughter is two-years-old). They’re a tongue-in-cheek window into my world, which is wonderfully hectic. I feel incredibly ...
tongue-in-cheek usually comes into play; referencing older records that we like comes into play; and I think humor is an important thing for us. This record cover… [laughs] there’s something about it. There are many ways that you could interpret it, but I think the real genius level...
“We scientists are not content just to talk about vaporizing the Earth,” says Bruce Fegley, professor of earth and planetary sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, tongue firmly in cheek. “We want to understand exactly what it would be like if it happened.” ...
and then you get description of "hordes of Orcs" (tongue-in-cheek explanation) --JakubNarebski (talk) 16:34, 4 June 2013 (UTC) I think it's much more likely that, in the title text, "observational comic" refers to a stand-up comedian who uses observational humor, like Jerry ...
The name was a rather tongue-in-cheek constructed British placename, given that a -march is associated with borderlands (such as the Welsh and Scottish Marches) and yet depicted as being set in the rather unremarkable heartlands of the middle-England of the age. Or, more simply, it could...
Tongue-in-cheek 'counting scores' are familiar in the likes of the Erdős and Bacon numbers, both of which are referenced by 599: Apocalypse (the latter only in the title text). In these cases the ideal is to get the lowest number, whereas here higher is better. The cross-field hybri...
Realizing that the Super Bowl is viewed by a large percentage of the population, Randall, somewhat tongue-in-cheek, states that those people would be quite distracted during that time, and therefore it would be possible to steal cars without fear of being caught. The title text takes this ev...