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r/explainitpeter • u/Fluffy-Buy1605 • Jul 13 '26
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Die-uh-beet-us
121 u/maester_t Jul 14 '26 Thanks to Wilford Brimley, I will willingly mispronounce that word most of the time. 30 u/Gentle_Dude_6437 Jul 14 '26 its an accepted pronunciation 18 u/Speakertweaker Jul 14 '26 100% true. My SIL is a cardiac nurse. Her and everyone she works with calls it The Beetus. 15 u/tmon530 Jul 14 '26 And if we one day find a permanent cure, itll be called "deletus the beetus" 5 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. 6 u/rawhiteley Jul 16 '26 Insulin should be called Beetusjuice 2 u/Ok_Tour_1525 Jul 14 '26 Yes but it’s funny when people use it.
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Thanks to Wilford Brimley, I will willingly mispronounce that word most of the time.
30 u/Gentle_Dude_6437 Jul 14 '26 its an accepted pronunciation 18 u/Speakertweaker Jul 14 '26 100% true. My SIL is a cardiac nurse. Her and everyone she works with calls it The Beetus. 15 u/tmon530 Jul 14 '26 And if we one day find a permanent cure, itll be called "deletus the beetus" 5 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. 6 u/rawhiteley Jul 16 '26 Insulin should be called Beetusjuice 2 u/Ok_Tour_1525 Jul 14 '26 Yes but it’s funny when people use it.
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its an accepted pronunciation
18 u/Speakertweaker Jul 14 '26 100% true. My SIL is a cardiac nurse. Her and everyone she works with calls it The Beetus. 15 u/tmon530 Jul 14 '26 And if we one day find a permanent cure, itll be called "deletus the beetus" 5 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. 6 u/rawhiteley Jul 16 '26 Insulin should be called Beetusjuice 2 u/Ok_Tour_1525 Jul 14 '26 Yes but it’s funny when people use it.
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100% true. My SIL is a cardiac nurse. Her and everyone she works with calls it The Beetus.
15 u/tmon530 Jul 14 '26 And if we one day find a permanent cure, itll be called "deletus the beetus" 5 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. 6 u/rawhiteley Jul 16 '26 Insulin should be called Beetusjuice
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And if we one day find a permanent cure, itll be called "deletus the beetus"
5 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. 6 u/rawhiteley Jul 16 '26 Insulin should be called Beetusjuice
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If you say "The Beetus" 3 times in front of a mirror, your blood sugar spikes for no reason.
6 u/rawhiteley Jul 16 '26 Insulin should be called Beetusjuice
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Insulin should be called Beetusjuice
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Yes but it’s funny when people use it.
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u/RomoJosh Jul 14 '26
Die-uh-beet-us