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Chris -- 2025-05-10
Anyone heard this gem?
“Corporal” tunnel syndrome … for carpal tunnel syndrome.
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I even found one hit for “corporeal tunnel syndrome”, but it’s a bit nasty.
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It was just reported to me by one of my best data collectors.
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I’m still hoping to find a context where “Carpool tunnel syndrome†might be naturally born.
*If the human mind were simple enough for us to understand,
we would be too simple-minded to understand it* .
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