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38. Ha ha ha! "canetoad the character-counter"!! I don't know if a space counts, either, not being a

Thu Feb 9, 2017, 12:40 AM

Feb 2017

tweeter m'self - but thanks for the time and effort you have exerted to get to the bottom of this "Easy D" conundrum/mystery/enigma wrapped in a puzzle thingie!

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English majors: Can someone explain how the fuck you diagram this sentence? [View all] Initech Feb 2017 OP

Sorry, no sentence! elleng Feb 2017 #1

That's what I was going to say! Rhiannon12866 Feb 2017 #46

I have an MA in rhetoric theglammistress Feb 2017 #2

Yeah, what is this "easy D" crap? WhiteTara Feb 2017 #6

Well... theglammistress Feb 2017 #9

Great explanation, mistress! I couldn't think of a "couth" way of explaining it!! And I also Leghorn21 Feb 2017 #27

My impression was of a sports reference stopwastingmymoney Feb 2017 #11

I found this - NPR annotates his tweets theglammistress Feb 2017 #21

I just spent five stupid minutes canetoad Feb 2017 #32

Ha ha ha! "canetoad the character-counter"!! I don't know if a space counts, either, not being a Leghorn21 Feb 2017 #38

I know canetoad Feb 2017 #43

Yes, that's why the stupid "D" at the end that's caused so much amusement. Denzil_DC Feb 2017 #41

Pasting into Word crossed my mind canetoad Feb 2017 #42

Easy D sounds like Easy E's dim-witted cousin. Initech Feb 2017 #15

My theory about "easy D" is that when 45 allegedly went to college , before he would register world wide wally Feb 2017 #37

WTF bdamomma Feb 2017 #3

Easy D. What's there to be confused about? Beartracks Feb 2017 #4

Does he secretly want to be a rapper like the late Easy E of NWA fame? brush Feb 2017 #16

Donald Glover went to Harvard. Initech Feb 2017 #23

Easy D sounds like the name of a discount store. Initech Feb 2017 #17

Maybe it's his porn name? Beartracks Feb 2017 #19

What has been pictured cannot be unpictured! Initech Feb 2017 #24

Where's that picture of him in his bathrobe when you need it? nolabear Feb 2017 #39

3 prepositional phrases - missing an object noun and probably missing an action verb. CincyDem Feb 2017 #5

Easy D! yallerdawg Feb 2017 #7

Easy! Grade "F" F for Fucked up! n/t RKP5637 Feb 2017 #8

That works for me! Initech Feb 2017 #12

Professional diagram: pinboy3niner Feb 2017 #10

... RKP5637 Feb 2017 #18

Winner! Initech Feb 2017 #26

OMG, I can't stop laughing! DawgHouse Feb 2017 #28

Okay! The "don't tutch the but" thread again. longship Feb 2017 #34

Baby, we got history! nolabear Feb 2017 #40

Bwahahahaha -- wipes tears from eyes -- bwahahahaha Hekate Feb 2017 #44

A classic! nt msanthrope Feb 2017 #47

It's the Newspeak. McCamy Taylor Feb 2017 #13

He often doesn't talk in complete or coherent sentences anyway, Amaryllis Feb 2017 #14

Without the big decrease in the number of polling places in "certain areas" ... pat_k Feb 2017 #20

Oh dear. . . . BigDemVoter Feb 2017 #22

It's his gangsta name yo. redwitch Feb 2017 #25

Philip Roth said that Trump speaks Jerkish, so it would take a Jerkish major to diagram it. eom Tanuki Feb 2017 #29

Trying to build a false sense of urgency... HopeAgain Feb 2017 #30

It doesn't need to be diagrammed. It needs to be translated. n/t pnwmom Feb 2017 #31

You need croutons in order to diagram word salads. For example... Donkees Feb 2017 #33

. dalton99a Feb 2017 #35

A noun a verb and an EASY D GreatCaesarsGhost Feb 2017 #36

I can't diagram it but I think Easy "D" stands for Deportation. nt chowder66 Feb 2017 #45

First, do a line of cocaine.......nt msanthrope Feb 2017 #48

Duh, it's a Haiku... Drahthaardogs Feb 2017 #49