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		JasonFruit on March 10, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: We created a fake language to root out resume liar... It works in reverse, too: slangy school-newspaper style writing from back then is almost incomprehensible now.

Cthulhu_ on March 10, 2021 [–]

My dizzy age afternoonified chuckaboo looks arf’arf’an’arf, I bet they want to bricky batty-fang that bag o' mystery, could be bow wow mutton.

IDK I just googled 1900's slang.

scollet on March 10, 2021 | [–]

Do you want fries with that?

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