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Should Have Gone with “Hush”

Guy: You know what I hate about the word onomatopeia? It’s that it’s not an onomatopeia.
Girl: Shut up. Just shut up.

–A train

Overheard by: Okoska

  • Posted on November 3, 2005
  • Friends, On the Subway, Words
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