Category: Analysis
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Elf is Back on the Shelf, Boys
After years without Elf-on-the-Shelf, I’m seeing a lot of instances of the Elf-on-the-Shelf meme scrolling down my Facebook feed this holiday season. Maybe it’s just me, but I’m feeling an impromptu session of analyze the meme! Elf-on-the-Shelf is at its core phonological. The pun doesn’t have anything to do with meaning or spelling – it…
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Starstruck for Mamdani – Trump is Smitten
It’s time for another Analyze the Meme on Small Words! Today, we’re going to look at why NYC mayor-elect, Zohran Mamdani and President Trump’s meeting at the White House delighted the internet.
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Death Becomes Her: A Review
Join me in roasting this raunchy 1992 dark comedy starring Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn, and Bruce Willis!
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You Are What You Read
Dan speed-read over 3,000 books during his life and meticulously recorded every one of them. Now he’s a social media star.
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Let’s Talk About SEX and Libraries
If you didn’t read “SEX” in a funny voice, then you don’t know me at all. Libraries are taking the heat for having explicit material on the shelves. So let’s talk about SEX, libraries, and the budget.
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