Here's glorious proof that everything should be named in the style of the walkie talkie

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Here's glorious proof that everything should be named in the style of the walkie talkie
Walkie talkie, the best name for an invention since slicey bready. Credit: Getty Images/PhotoAlto

Stop and think about it for a moment: "walkie talkie" is a super weird name for a thing.

Twitter user and firefighter Antonia Nicol has gone viral for imagining what words would be like if they were created by the same person who came up with the name "walkie talkie".

People had their own additions to the list.

Better get cracking on updating that dictionary.

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