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by geluso 1018 days ago
I collect and maintain a list of examples like this. Usually stuff I see somewhere else or random ones that pop into my head.

My favorite simple one: "Unlike whiskey, you can't water water down."

My favorite long one: "I want to put a hyphen between the words Fish and And and And and Chips in my Fish-And-Chips sign"

https://5tephen.com/loopdeloops/
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lloeki 1018 days ago
It's longer than that:

    "Wouldn't the sentence 'I want to put a hyphen between the words Fish and And and And and Chips in my Fish-And-Chips sign' have been clearer if quotation marks had been placed before Fish, and between Fish and and, and and and And, and And and and, and and and And, and And and and, and and and Chips, as well as after Chips?"

  - Martin Gardner
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istjohn 1018 days ago
The passage "Wouldn't the sentence 'I want to put a hyphen between the words Fish and And and And and Chips in my Fish-And-Chips sign' have been clearer if quotation marks had been placed before Fish, and between Fish and and, and and and And, and And and and, and and and And, and And and and, and and and Chips, as well as after Chips?" would sprawl across the page if newlines were placed between the and words, and words and Fish, and Fish and and, and and and between, and between and Fish, and Fish and and, and and and and, and and and and, and and and and, and and and and, and and and And, and And and and, and and and And, and And and and, and and and and, and and and and, and and and and, and and and and, and and and And, and And and and, and and and And, and And and and, and and and and, and and and and, and and and and, and and and and, and and and Chips, as well as after Chips.
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_moof 1018 days ago
Here's one from comedian Brian Regan: reservation reservation reservation (second thoughts about dinner plans in a Native American community).
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martinclayton 1018 days ago
I have two ... things ... I don't know if this type of phrase has a technical name.

my minute newt

my migrating grating

The first one is minute as in very small.

The second one the grating referred to a noun (as in diffraction grating), not a verb.

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