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Hasib Posted 3 years ago
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It's a travesty of a mockery of a
Could anyone plz explain this whole thing? I couldn't understand the use of multiple "of" here.
? It's a travesty of a mockery of a sham of a mockery of a travesty of two mockeries of a sham.
? It's a travesty of a mockery of a sham of a mockery of a travesty of two mockeries of a sham.
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Where did you find this? On Facebook, perhaps, or some random blog? It is meant to be sarcastic and / or confusing.
- Where did you find this?
- On Facebook, perhaps, or some random blog?
- It is meant to be sarcastic and / or confusing.
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Where did you find this? On Facebook, perhaps, or some random blog?
It is meant to be sarcastic and / or confusing.
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He took it six levels down. It is unconventional, excessive to the point of ludicrousness. One level is what you usually see, like "a mockery of justice", one level down from the thing being ridiculed, in my example, justice. He took things a step further by not even saying the basic thing and calling it a sham from the start. Those words appear in a farcical trial in the movie Bananas.
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