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Madhulk Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

Coconut wireless...

Rival diver: Heard through the coconut wireless Witty way of saying he heard it?
you might have found something.
Diver: No, we didn't find sh*t. They didn't find something worthless?
Rival diver: Yeah, shocker. He's shocked that they didn't?
  

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Coconut wireless - I'm pretty sure this refers to the sometimes mysterious way gossip has of traveling quickly on a tropical island populated by gregarious natives, even without the benefit of modern technology. Didn't find [expletive] - we found nothing. Similar to a double negative.

— Delmobile

  • Coconut wireless - I'm pretty sure this refers to the sometimes mysterious way gossip has of traveling quickly on a tropical island populated by gregarious natives, even without the benefit of modern technology.
  • Didn't find [expletive] - we found nothing.
  • Similar to a double negative.
  • Also used with "know" and other verbs.
  • I hated that job.
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Coconut wireless - I'm pretty sure this refers to the sometimes mysterious way gossip has of traveling quickly on a tropical island populated by gregarious natives, even without the benefit of modern technology.

Didn't find [expletive] - we found nothing. Similar to a double negative. Also used with "know" and other verbs.

I hated that job. Worked sixty hours a week and did
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