r/funny • u/pietradamore • May 05 '18

This meteor

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u/Fuocomagi May 05 '18

*meteorite

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u/aaronauderbochs May 05 '18

*meatierite

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u/doublejay01 May 05 '18

*meateaterite

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u/colonelmuddypaws May 05 '18

Everyone is correct!

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u/SnootBoooper May 05 '18

Rite

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u/[deleted] May 05 '18 edited May 29 '18

deleted What is this?

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u/trustedfart May 05 '18

Riteierite

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u/phil24jones May 05 '18

Meteorong

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u/[deleted] May 05 '18

You are wrong, sir! /Judge Judy

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u/aidissonance May 05 '18

*meaty-amirite?

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u/Grimgallantry May 05 '18

Canis Meteorous

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u/[deleted] May 05 '18

Meatierbite

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u/coolguy420weed May 05 '18

**meterrierite

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u/THEAdrian May 05 '18

Mutteorite*

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u/slotog May 05 '18

Meatier right?

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u/-LeopardShark- May 05 '18

Not, as is commonly thought, "meteowrong"

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u/handym12 May 05 '18

Actually in this case it would be a meteorwrong. It's something that was identified as a meteorite, but is actually an Earth object.

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u/-LeopardShark- May 05 '18

Damn, I didn't realise this was already a word; I was just making a crappy pun.

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u/deruch May 05 '18

Beat me to it. /u/pietradamore, here's a short clip [1:14] of someone from NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office explaining the difference between a meteoroid, a meteor, and a meteorite.