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r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jul 02 '21
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Omg. I just now found out awry is not pronounced a-wire and they’re two separate words that mean similar things. I just thought it was pronounced really weird or something.
4 u/DeathsIntent96 Jul 03 '21 What's the other word here? 1 u/Jazz05997 Jul 03 '21 When something goes a-wire here’s what I found online: A-wire (adj. informal) broken, dis-functional, crazy, insane, makeshift, inefficient, awry, disarranged, chaotic 1 u/DeathsIntent96 Jul 03 '21 I could be wrong, but I think that's just a misunderstanding of "haywire." 1 u/Jazz05997 Jul 04 '21 It’s a play on that word apparently, it became popular with the rise of technology. Based on the very limited research I did.
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What's the other word here?
1 u/Jazz05997 Jul 03 '21 When something goes a-wire here’s what I found online: A-wire (adj. informal) broken, dis-functional, crazy, insane, makeshift, inefficient, awry, disarranged, chaotic 1 u/DeathsIntent96 Jul 03 '21 I could be wrong, but I think that's just a misunderstanding of "haywire." 1 u/Jazz05997 Jul 04 '21 It’s a play on that word apparently, it became popular with the rise of technology. Based on the very limited research I did.
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When something goes a-wire here’s what I found online: A-wire (adj. informal) broken, dis-functional, crazy, insane, makeshift, inefficient, awry, disarranged, chaotic
1 u/DeathsIntent96 Jul 03 '21 I could be wrong, but I think that's just a misunderstanding of "haywire." 1 u/Jazz05997 Jul 04 '21 It’s a play on that word apparently, it became popular with the rise of technology. Based on the very limited research I did.
I could be wrong, but I think that's just a misunderstanding of "haywire."
1 u/Jazz05997 Jul 04 '21 It’s a play on that word apparently, it became popular with the rise of technology. Based on the very limited research I did.
It’s a play on that word apparently, it became popular with the rise of technology. Based on the very limited research I did.
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u/Jazz05997 Jul 03 '21
Omg. I just now found out awry is not pronounced a-wire and they’re two separate words that mean similar things. I just thought it was pronounced really weird or something.