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minus-squareNeatNit@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·16 days agoThe “-holic” suffix is regularly used to mean addict. For example, workaholic. Yes, it originated from “alcoholic”, but it’s commonly used now. So the boat’s name just means “water addict”, there’s nothing punny about it.
minus-squaremorphballganon@mtgzone.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·16 days agoSince aqua sounds a bit like alco, the implication is that the boat owner likes both water and booze
minus-squareNeatNit@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·16 days agoIMO that’s a stretch, they aren’t even close to homophones.
minus-squareNeatNit@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 days agoIt would have been a play if it was named in the 1960’s.
The “-holic” suffix is regularly used to mean addict. For example, workaholic. Yes, it originated from “alcoholic”, but it’s commonly used now. So the boat’s name just means “water addict”, there’s nothing punny about it.
Since aqua sounds a bit like alco, the implication is that the boat owner likes both water and booze
IMO that’s a stretch, they aren’t even close to homophones.
It’s a play on alcoholic
It would have been a play if it was named in the 1960’s.