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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by masimatutu@nerdica.net to c/humor@beehaw.org
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[–] Plume@beehaw.org 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Am I a complete moron or am I limited by English not being my primary language?

[–] masimatutu@nerdica.net 4 points 11 months ago

@Plume
Nah you're fine, a gross is a pretty dated term for describing a dozen dozens, i.e. 144. I thought it was something Tolkien made up before I got into dozenal.

[–] Luke_Fartnocker@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I caught myself thinking "144 is a gross". It took about 2 more seconds before I got it. Sometimes my mind is strange.