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xkcd #2823: Fossil (imgs.xkcd.com)
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[–] Crul@lemm.ee 50 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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The two best reasons to get into fossils are booping trilobites and getting to say the word "fossiliferous" a lot.

[–] andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fossiliferous seems like something you'd hear when Bill and Ted become paleontologists.

[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

Nobody hinders me from using that word fossiliferously in office or at home or wherever