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Duck test: A humorous abductive reasoning test based on the activities of a duck. English as She Is Spoke: A 19th century Portuguese-English phrasebook that became legendary for its overtly literal and inaccurate translations. Engrish: Attempts by East Asian people – especially the Japanese – to construct English words and phrases.
Music video. "Headline News" on YouTube. " Headline News " is a parody song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of the Crash Test Dummies ' 1993 hit " Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm ". It was released as the lead-off single for the compilation box set Permanent Record: Al in the Box on September 27, 1994. The song was written after Yankovic's label ...
It's All About the Pentiums. "Polka Power!" " It's All About the Pentiums " is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of "It's All About the Benjamins (Rock Remix)" by Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs and focuses on the narrator's obsession with his computer's hardware. The name of the song reflects this in its title with its referral to the ...
I Lost on Jeopardy. " I Lost on Jeopardy " is a song by American musician "Weird Al" Yankovic from his second album, "Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D, released in 1984. The song is a parody of "Jeopardy" by The Greg Kihn Band, released in 1983, and its refrain "Our love's in jeopardy".
Dare to Be Stupid is the third studio album by American musician "Weird Al" Yankovic, released on June 18, 1985. The album was one of many Yankovic records produced by former McCoys guitarist Rick Derringer. Recorded between August 1984 and March 1985, the album was Yankovic's first studio album released following the success of 1984's In 3-D ...
Producer (s) "Weird Al" Yankovic. Music video. "Tacky" on YouTube. " Tacky " is a song by American musician "Weird Al" Yankovic from his fourteenth studio album, Mandatory Fun (2014). The song is a parody of the 2013 single "Happy" by Pharrell Williams. The song mocks questionable style in fashion as well as activities considered gauche.
eBay (song) " eBay " is a song by American parody musician "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of "I Want It That Way" by the Backstreet Boys. In the song, the narrator describes how he impulsively purchases unneeded (and bizarre) items on eBay (among them being " Shatner 's old toupée ", "a Dukes of Hazzard ashtray ", and "a Kleenex used by ...
For the Australian radio program, see Radio National. In philosophy, Occam's razor (also spelled Ockham's razor or Ocham's razor; Latin: novacula Occami) is the problem-solving principle that recommends searching for explanations constructed with the smallest possible set of elements. It is also known as the principle of parsimony or the law of ...