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minus-squareneukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·1 month agoThey already said they owned a boat, so I assumed this was implied.
minus-squareNeatNit@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 month agoThe “-holic” suffix is regularly used to mean addict. For example, workaholic. Yes, it originated from “alcoholic”, but it’s commonly used now. So the boat’s name just means “water addict”, there’s nothing punny about it.
minus-squaremorphballganon@mtgzone.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoSince aqua sounds a bit like alco, the implication is that the boat owner likes both water and booze
minus-squareNeatNit@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·1 month agoIMO that’s a stretch, they aren’t even close to homophones.
minus-squareNeatNit@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoIt would have been a play if it was named in the 1960’s.
Alcoholic?
They already said they owned a boat, so I assumed this was implied.
The “-holic” suffix is regularly used to mean addict. For example, workaholic. Yes, it originated from “alcoholic”, but it’s commonly used now. So the boat’s name just means “water addict”, there’s nothing punny about it.
Since aqua sounds a bit like alco, the implication is that the boat owner likes both water and booze
IMO that’s a stretch, they aren’t even close to homophones.
It’s a play on alcoholic
It would have been a play if it was named in the 1960’s.