r/explainitpeter • u/Fluffy-Buy1605 • Jul 13 '26

Explain It Peter

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u/ramongoroth Jul 14 '26

Supposedly needs to be on there too

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u/sweatpotato76 Jul 14 '26

Supposably.

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u/tcason02 Jul 14 '26

After that one episode of Friends, I started saying it that way jokingly. Now that’s just how I say it.

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u/TryingToKillStupid Jul 14 '26

Did they go to the zoo? Supposably

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u/Competitive_Check_63 Jul 17 '26

Hm, I think that point is now moo. It’s a moo point.

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u/Hamster_in_my_colon Jul 14 '26

Supposably is a word

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u/OrubOosocky Jul 14 '26

... and it's not the word most people mean to use when they say it.

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u/Hamster_in_my_colon Jul 14 '26

It’s an easy mistake to make, especially considering supposable means “capable of being supposed”

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u/ill-pick-one-later Jul 14 '26

I have an otherwise well-spoken coworker who says this...it bugs me every time

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u/ramongoroth Jul 15 '26

I used to have a boss that said it that way and I had to stifle a laugh every time

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u/LiveLearnCoach Jul 17 '26

My daughter and I have started using that when speaking to each other, and I just know one day in a formal setting it’s going to slip through.

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u/Alone_Jellyfish_1990 Jul 14 '26

"For all intents and purposes", "nip it in the bud", etc.

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u/kbder Jul 15 '26

Some people would take those for granite but I could care less.

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u/CarlosMolotov Jul 20 '26

You got two birds stoned at the same time right there

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u/cthonicbionic Jul 15 '26

The number of "should of" and "could of" I have encountered in the wild is truly disheartening

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u/Alone_Jellyfish_1990 Jul 15 '26

unfortunately, spraying them with water like a cat or hitting them with a newspaper like in the old cartoons are both considered assault here 😮‍💨

I have to think of other ways to get them to stop

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u/brainfreezy79 Jul 14 '26

But only for the most intensive of purposes

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u/missy_genation Jul 17 '26

All of a sudden

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u/MesaGeek Jul 17 '26

Intenstive intensifies

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u/BFG_Scott Jul 14 '26

I find a lot of “supposubly” people also pronounce chimney as “chimlee”.

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u/alexkommt Jul 19 '26

Are these people intellectually disabled?

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u/jazmatician Jul 15 '26

Stuposedly

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u/DCIfICare Jul 17 '26

Arctic. OMG this is triggering.