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Every wonder about the possibilities hidden behind SPORK? (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world

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[–] SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 42 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Where on earth do they get the 'AYD' from?

Seems like spifk, sporf, or knorkoon might be more sensible.

[–] Zikeji@programming.dev 26 points 7 months ago

I'm unsure if the original inventor is still alive for you to ask that question, but let us know the answer if you do get it.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splayd

[–] turbowafflz@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I would guess because it sounds kind of like blade just spelled differently

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Okay, so we have SpoonBlade, but where's the Fork?

[–] Lifter@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 6 months ago

Sp'Flayed?