Jul 12th , 2012
Get to know your buffalo!
Hard to believe, but this sentence uses various meanings and parts of speech for the term “buffalo” , making it a valid sentence:
1. “Buffalo” is a city in New York,
2. ”buffalo” can be used both as singular and plural term for bison,
3. ”buffalo” is a verb meaning “to bully, confuse, deceive, or intimidate.”
So this is the actual meaning of the sentence (via Wikipedia): ”Buffalo-origin bison that other Buffalo bison intimidate, themselves bully Buffalo bison.”
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The Ginger team
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