https://xkcd.com/2896

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Also, we would really appreciate it if you could prominently refer to it as an ‘eHit’.

  • @stoly
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    284 months ago

    But why references to musicians?

    • @Soup
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      694 months ago

      These specific musicians are referenced a lot by crosswords. NYT loves them, at least. Very “hip and with it”.

      It’s kinda an inside joke, but that’s XKCD for ya.

      • @stoly
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        164 months ago

        Thanks, that’s what I needed

    • DeebsterOP
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      214 months ago

      I assume it’s just an example of how to create new topical words since it’s a lot easier to name an album than to get a word well-known enough to be eligible for the dictionary.

      The artists all seem to be big names so I assume it’s their popularity rather than any history of quirky album names that’s decided the list.

    • @shneancy
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      84 months ago

      I assumed it was because those musicians are popular enough that even if they released songs/albums with the title scheme akin to svnahshfhfbduj people would still buy them and know about them.