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submitted 10 months ago by Deebster@programming.dev to c/xkcd@lemmy.world

https://xkcd.com/2896

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

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[-] stoly@lemmy.world 28 points 10 months ago

But why references to musicians?

[-] Soup@lemmy.world 69 points 10 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@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago

Thanks, that’s what I needed

[-] Deebster@programming.dev 21 points 10 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@lemmy.world 8 points 10 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.

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