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Oeditpus Rex

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7. Ding!
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 11:24 PM
Sep 2025

Seen it a dozen times but just learned the proper spelling. All this time, I've thought it was "vance" or "vonce" or something, but neither of those seem very Yiddish.

So, more trivia for the files.

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'Vants' [View all] Oeditpus Rex Sep 2025 OP
You are talking about language. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2025 #1
Sofa beds, by any chance? Blue Owl Sep 2025 #2
A MASH episode involving a crossword puzzle? rsdsharp Sep 2025 #3
Ding! Oeditpus Rex Sep 2025 #7
Couches ;) Solly Mack Sep 2025 #4
The Vice President. Sogo Sep 2025 #5
If it were a person, the OP would have written "who". They wrote "what", so is a thing, not a person. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2025 #6
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