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xkcd #3151: Window Screen

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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine or Home Improvement or DIY

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[–] balsoft@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I'm not a carpenter and not a native speaker, but I would've thought that meaning only applied to the adjective (this window is square) and not the noun (this window is a square).