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pumping elephant (mander.xyz)
submitted 6 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz
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[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 20 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I wonder how that occurred.

[–] alteredEnvoy@sopuli.xyz 44 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Abstract = 摘要 (summary) or 抽象 (Abstract concepts etc.)

In 抽象，抽 = Pumping (suck), 象 = Elephant

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 12 points 6 months ago

I further wonder how that occurred.

[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 6 points 6 months ago

And here I thought kanji compounds made no sense because they were adapted from Chinese with little regard to their meaning but apparently hanzi are just as wild.

[–] prof 13 points 6 months ago

Just wait until you read the raving zebra of my masters thesis.