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1. beardy+(OP)[view] [source] 2025-02-26 20:37:16
"lunacy"

Middle English: from Old French lunatique, from late Latin lunaticus, from Latin luna ‘moon’ (from the belief that changes of the moon caused intermittent insanity).

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2. abe94+N2[view] [source] 2025-02-26 20:54:58
>>beardy+(OP)
I'd hope the writer or editor used lunacy for this reason haha
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3. codetr+F4[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-02-26 21:07:32
>>abe94+N2
They did.

And now the title on HN has been edited down to remove this most exquisite pun :'(

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4. perihe+U5[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-02-26 21:14:38
>>codetr+F4
The editor flew too close to the sun and got their title clipped :(
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