xkcd-for-that:

sweetshire:

petermorwood:

therealbucky05:

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[image ID: A tweet by Gemma Amor @/manylittlewords that reads, “The fact that some people can’t distinguish between etymology and entomology bugs me in ways I can’t put into words” /End ID]

    [A giant praying mantis attacks a team of scientists, along with its legion of smaller-but-still-unusually-large mantises. Two of the scientists fight back, with a gun and a baseball bat respectively, while a third is in the mantis' clutches, held aloft by his foot, his goggles falling off his face. Bullets whiz by the giant mantis' head and a fourth scientist hides behind a desk, on which rests a microscope and an Erlenmeyer flask. A man in a cape approaches the hiding scientist.]
    Etymology-man: Ah, no—you wanted ENTOmology-Man, spelled with an "N". See, it's from the Greek entomon, meaning "insect," which is itself the neuter form of entomos, meaning "segmented" or...
    BLAM BLAM BLAMALT

Hi! Someone call for me? I’m a superhero who specializes in the study of God’s creation of Man in the Book of Genesi– HOLY SHIT A GIANT BUG!