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[–] 62 points 3 years ago (4 children)

Shouldn't it be pictures of a warehouse first, and then on the full moon it turns into a house making it a werehouse? A werewolf turns into a wolf on the full moon, so the "were" prefix should proceed what it turns into. Unless this is supposed to be a were-warehouse.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 years ago

    A werewolf is always a werewolf that transforms from man (prey) to wolf (predator) when there is a full moon. So in this example the werehouse would go from house to wrecking ball.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago

    kinda, the "were" actually comes from old Germanic "wer", meaning "man". Werewolf just means "man wolf" lol. So I suppose a warehouse could be a human who turns into a house at full moon

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    Were/wer is old English for man. I think the word is related to the Gaelic word “fear” (pronounced fare), also meaning man.

    Thus a werehouse would be a man that is cursed to transform into a house.

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  • [–] 44 points 3 years ago

    One of the rare times when I feel the Hololive girls did this joke better....

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago

    Took me a moment tbf

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    Where house?

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