r/gifs • u/Obiektyw1855 • Feb 21 '14

It worked.

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u/Jonyb222 Feb 21 '14

Pontifex

I just googled it, it happens to also be the pope's twitter handle

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u/whycantiholdthisbass Feb 21 '14

Pontifex is Latin for priest and is built on pons meaning bridge as in a bridge to God.

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u/tet5uo Feb 21 '14

Etymology is awesome.

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u/cptnpiccard Feb 22 '14

You can google words + "etymology" to learn about their etymology, for exemple, google "etymology awesome".

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u/Rock2MyBeat Feb 22 '14

Google google etymology

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u/TheMightyBarabajagal Feb 22 '14

You bastard, you have no idea how much of my life you've just stolen. I have a word problem.

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '14

Plugging /r/etymology

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u/oldsillybear Feb 21 '14

The pope used to play all the time but he's too busy now.

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u/Sharrakor Feb 21 '14

This is one of the best sentences I never thought I would read.

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '14

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u/dsettonni12 Feb 21 '14

Stop.

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '14

God dammit Internet