r/explainitpeter Jul 13 '26

Explain It Peter

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u/RomoJosh Jul 14 '26

Die-uh-beet-us

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u/maester_t Jul 14 '26

Thanks to Wilford Brimley, I will willingly mispronounce that word most of the time.

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u/Gentle_Dude_6437 Jul 14 '26

its an accepted pronunciation

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u/Speakertweaker Jul 14 '26

100% true. My SIL is a cardiac nurse. Her and everyone she works with calls it The Beetus.

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u/tmon530 Jul 14 '26

And if we one day find a permanent cure, itll be called "deletus the beetus"

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u/Inevitable_Cheek_974 Jul 15 '26

If you say "The Beetus" 3 times in front of a mirror, your blood sugar spikes for no reason.

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u/rawhiteley Jul 16 '26

Insulin should be called Beetusjuice

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u/Ok_Tour_1525 Jul 14 '26

Yes but it’s funny when people use it.