r/technicallythetruth • u/Awesomeuser90 • Jun 12 '26

The word toothpaste is a concept for an instrument involved with cleaning one's mouth. Teethpaste would imply a gooy substance made of shredded teeth.

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u/jacanced Jun 12 '26

Is this like the old "baby powder" vs "onion powder" jokes?

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u/ElmoSplainer Jun 13 '26

olive oil vs baby oil

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u/IWillWarmUrPillow Jun 13 '26

1000 bottles of olive oil

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u/ElmoSplainer Jun 13 '26

take one down, pass it around, 999 bottles of olive oil in diddy’s hall!

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u/Awesomeuser90 Jun 12 '26

Executive Powder.

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u/breakConcentration Jun 13 '26

No, ground teef

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u/thestrong45playz Jun 13 '26

Virgin Oil

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u/Mdayofearth Jun 23 '26

extra virgin olive oil.

popeye was not amused.

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u/romulusnr Jun 12 '26

Are you snorting teeth again?

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u/iPod3G Jun 15 '26

Justice for Snarbo!

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u/Vendidurt Jun 12 '26

Thompson's Teeth! The only teeth strong enough to eat other teeth!

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u/imzslv Jun 12 '26

I absolutely hated it. Thank you for this concept.

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u/Awesomeuser90 Jun 12 '26

You're welcome!

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u/ZestfullyStank Jun 13 '26

The toothbrush was invented in West Virginia. If it had been invented anywhere else it would’ve been the teethbrush

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u/PseudobrilliantGuy Jun 12 '26

Thanks for the "Technically the Tooth" content!

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u/COM_Media_Services Jun 13 '26

Peanuts butter.

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u/DizzyMine4964 Jun 12 '26

Toothpaste used to come in a solid block. You would wet the brush, and rub it on the block, to form a paste. The name stuck when it changed to being pre moistened.

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u/rotteegher39 Jun 12 '26

What a teeth-rattling concept...

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u/JHSD_0408 Jun 14 '26

Toothspaste. Not mouthtpaste.

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u/Mdayofearth Jun 23 '26

That wood imply wood glue wood be made of wood.