A Picture of Samuel Johnson Glaring

Colin:: You heard it supposedly cost the NYT $40 million to develop their paywall right?
Colin:: Nutso.
‘Ili:: I didn’t follow through and actually read anything about it, but I heard that yeah.
‘Ili:: It was one of those “I’m simultaneously shocked and yet not shocked at all” things.
Colin:: hahaha yeah, exactly.
Colin:: There’s gotta be a word for that.
Colin:: (If not, we shall create one.)
‘Ili:: We just need to get someone to translate it into German and then use that as a loanword.
‘Ili:: That’s how language works.
Colin:: Well.
Colin:: Ich bin schockiert und gleichzeitig noch nicht schockiert überhaupt.
Colin:: So, by the “German has no spaces” property.
Colin:: Ichbinschockiertundgleichzeitignochnichtschockiertüberhaupt.
‘Ili:: I’m alerting the OED committee immediately to see if we can get an emergency addendum.
Colin:: Their version of the bat signal just has the word “LOL” in it.
‘Ili:: Actually it’s a picture of Samuel Johnson glaring.

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