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[-] [email protected] 45 points 2 weeks ago

Is there a word for this type of hypersimplification to evoke wonder? If not, can we coin one?

[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

My suggestion: Simplificatio Adstupefaciendi - A simplification with the purpose to astonish.

On top of sounding cool it is already astonishing to remember and to be able to spell it!

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Too much like a Harry Potter spell tho

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