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Jeff Arcuri
Nov 11, 2025 3:58 PM
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Jeff Arcuri
MutatedHorse
I fear for the new generation.
ItHappenedInThe20thCentury
Don't make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word, they probably learned it in Reading.
(pronounced "redding" - it's a town in Berkshire)
lildude52ca
this world is Fucking Doomed
DrankTooMuchMead
Gen Z also puts the $ on the wrong side of the number. Turns out that's a thing on Roblox. 🤣
Shewy92
powwerbottom
Okay McLovin, it took you way too long to say "....18"
valkrez
This is very good natured
Imadudefromokc
This was in OKC. He’s coming back in March.
JT1984
As someone who read avidly as a child and teenager, i mispronounced a lot of words because i had never heard them said. I get that hes trying to be funny, but making fun of people for mispronouncing words is kinda hurtful.
Seethreepeeoh
Oh, it was totally like *that*
BullittGT
When I used to play World of Warcraft, it cracked me up when people mixed up duel and dual.
darthinebriated
Rogue and rouge is the one that gets me everytime. "No I don't wanna stab that guy, I just want my cheeks to really pop!"
whothehellelseusesTingjidasausername
Oh dude "Colonel"
Read Enders Game for the first in 6th grade, talked to my dad about it, laughed his ass off when he realized who KOL-E-NEL Graff was
arewenotkingsandqueenstogether
Hors d'vours and facade a
NotQuiteWittyEnoughForImgur
I did the same thing when I was about 8 ordering colonel strips from KFC. And loved Enders Game growing up but I think I read it closer to when I was 10 or 11 so I already knew by then.
johnblood616
Immediatly afterwards that kid murdered his entire family because he was so humiliated
iRegretThisUsernameAlready
(…in Fortnite.)
taez555
Jeff forgot the fanny pack.
JimmyWalkerTexasRanger
Felt the heat from that. https://media4.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1OG1ycWo0YTdhNTIzbjRhNGNmeml5MDZkc2RnYzJib3JsZXc5Z2x3dyZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/3ohhwlN2fU4oFDgkk8/200w.gif
DrSharkbite
FisheswithDynamite
Jeff is the patron saint of crowd work. God I love him.
Sharkalanche
Love Jeff, but Gianmarco Soresi is the undesputed king of crowd work
Boramere
Fortunately there is an undisputed correct answer to this. The Game Changer episode Crowd Control pitted Jeff, Gianmarco, and Josh Johnson in a crowd-work-off. Everyone should go watch it, it's fantastic. (Also Game Changer as a whole is incredible
WindowStreetJournal
OMG, how can he be so accurate and funny in the same time?
Rips4w
Because he doesn't separate the times when he's accurate from the times when he's funny.
everlastingfii1994
Did that grown man just invite children to his hotel at that last part? Should we be encouraging this in comedy?
pvtsquirel
They're 18 aren't they? They're old enough to make their own choices, I don't think it was a creepy invitation
DeathLemons
Encourage your brain to not be a karen
darthinebriated
So, just for the record, 18 is old enough to be out on your own, get an apartment, get student loans, work in life threatening fields and getting drafted and dying in a war but not old enough to go have sex with whomever they want?
corpofilth
18 is a child? What's the age of consent where you live, 40?
Macewindow54
Does it bother anyone else that it feels like all standup is just crowd work now. No monalouges or jokes even. Just talking to and about the audience
pleaseuseotherdoor
A lot of the clips online are cr9wd work, yes. And they're great! But standup still happens on traditional ways and there are places to watch it. And actually crowd work is pretty standard, as part of most warm ups and can be set off by heckling.
Macewindow54
Do you have an artist or artists you would recommend?
pleaseuseotherdoor
Sheng Wang, Steve Hoffstetter, Nate Bargatze, John Mulaney, Ali Wong, Leanne Morgan, Mike Birbiglia, Jordan Jensen, Mae Martin, Bo Burnham, Tig Notaro, Fortune Feimster, Daniel Sloss (has a good audio autobiography out), Wanda Sykes, Hannah Gadsby (not for everyone, but I think she is a great storyteller eg 'Nanette'). Mainstream comedians who tour and have specials out on Netflix and such.
Macewindow54
I love Burnham, inside was amazing
pleaseuseotherdoor
Oh! Zoltan Kaszas. It's really 50/50 his comedy and the best name I've ever heard. https://youtube.com/shorts/pl7lZykU0nE?si=gMs3khSBbWvCkcDC
TheDoctorCrankenstein
Disappointing to see when someone has the knee-jerk reaction to clarify that something they said, even in passing, isnt gay.
It's incredibly telling of how someone truly feels about LGBT when they have a compulsion to immediately disassociate themselves from even being remotely assumed as gay.
DeathLemons
Your mother
skapanda616
Huh, I legit read him as gay. Had to look him up after I spotted your comment.
I thought the "not like that" was because they're basically children, not a defensive "I'm not gay"
GandalfTheGhey
Dude you're misreading it. He said "not like that" because he's playing up the "these are clearly 2 underage kids at my show" joke
iRegretThisUsernameAlready
As far as I’m concerned he could have said the same thing about girls or a mixed group just to, you know, not sound creepy about clocking some young people half his age walking into the venue. Seems to me that you’re the one presuming in bad faith.
Frostedjakes
He's a comedian, I think you may be reading too much into it.
dank69
plus he could have been talking about the age difference. Nothing in this clip implies he's shaming the gay aspect of it.
bad1080
what a sad state of affairs
helyx
I hate it when people pronounce the ROG Ally the same way.
CorrectMostOfTheTime
Rog like rawg is correct pronunciation since it’s an abbreviation though
Z0op
At least a bit more correct, but what would you want to hear then? Arrogee? Imo, thats not better
helyx
"Rogue"
Z0op
Eh, why? Its an abbreviation of Republic of Gamers, where does that “ue” come from? Calling it rogue is just plain wrong, thats not what it says
helyx
It's not how it's spelled, true. I'm just offering a pronunciation
jaykey303
"Rendezvous" was on a menu at a place I worked at. That word took out the young and the old. Some folks just need to hear it to recognize it.
Evilbeavers
I pronounce that shit like Rocky cause it's fun
Dociousaliexpilisticfragicalirepus
The folks in TN sometimes stye flow with Parmesan. PAR-MEE-ZIN. It takes all kinds…
thebonesofmyancestors
Macabre is not, as I thought throughout my tender years, mac-a-bray. When I first heard it pronounced properly ma-cob, I was fucking furious. At myself. And how stupidly it's pronounced.
mike13815
I grew up with star trek. The spelling holds no power over me.
Blimjoe
Hyperbole = high per bah lee NOT high per bowl
theinternetkeepsmealive
Yeah thats the one that got me too until I heard someone say it.
Blimjoe
Took me 33 years... 35 if you count the years I couldn't read yet... but then again it took me 32 years to realize I could cut my salad up with a knife and fork instead of shoving a whole lettuce leaf in my gobb
overfedlonghairedleapinggnome
Uh, well, no. High PURR buh lee.
Blimjoe
https://media3.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1bHFjN3R0bnloZjVjbmd4c3F5NDZ4bDh2d2RkaXE1c2Vod2xxMWVpZyZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/xUPGcmNe85ElAzFhcI/200w.webp
Rips4w
Ren Dez Vows with the Whore Devours.
Necrothean
Who's 'Randy Voo' and why is he talking about Horse Dovers?
Klaumbaz
Rhan-de-voo
maliciousGman
Herb derbs
GravyEducation
I literally had this moment yesterday, guy gives me his military ID for a beer, Feb 2004. Valid id I'm just not used to it
Toqom
I.was on post drinking at 18 because it was so close to the Mexican birder
ghostofdragon
Yeah as someone who works healthcare it’s rough seeing the years that turn 18, too. What do you mean people born in 2006 are graduating high school? THAT’S WHEN MY SISTER GRADUATED
davethomasofwendys
I was watching Behind the Bastards yesterday and the host said “thanks to Bill and Melinda Gates my ex-wife had a laptop in school. “
Seriously taken aback. How old am I?
I freaking didn’t get my first laptop until I was set to deploy for the Iraq war. I was still married then.
Nowhere near time to meet a girl, date, marry, and get a divorce.
What year is it?
Isthe4thtimethecharm
I remember IDing someone and was shocked they had a birthday in the 90s and were old enough to have a checking account. Just to age myself even more
theskepticinme
Yeah… my drinking age can drink
theinternetkeepsmealive
That maths will never add up for me. No one born after the year 2000 can ever be an adult.
royrogersdoublerbarburger
HER CROCS HAVE SPOILERS
CyberHexx
I thought you meant they had clues to the plot on them. *facepalm*
Shewy92
I thought I saw spoilers on them lol
KevinStrexcorp
I did not notice that. I was too busy relating super hard to the existential crisis sentiment
ReaperCDN
Yeah i was where the bartender went. My oldest kid was born in 2004.
cytherians
Enya. Only Time. Can't hear it without thinking of Sept 11, 2001...
andrewski24
I was there Gandalf, 10,000 years ago!
Jonmbram
I was about to send this to my bartender buddies but I realize I’m 10 years their senior and they’re all in their mid 20s. Christ.
GravyEducation
Yeah but... the one thing about age is people actually listen to you when you need to drop the hammer down at work (service industry). Like all you need to do in your 30s is say "hey I warned you one time I don't wanna do it again" and everybody listens. 20s people have the problem that people try to take advantage of them
theshinobi23
That's the year I graduated high school. Why are you giving beer to a 12 yr old?
CyberHexx
I graduated in 07. I'm 37... Next year that's 21 years ago... Fuck....
PlusTechSqueezeBox
One of my friends is a teacher and had a student ask if it was okay to use a reference from "the 1900s"
💀
InoffensivePablum
But that was only 10 years ago?
dragonsnot
Naw, that was the nineteens
CanadianCobraChicken
Totally. On a completely unrelated note, I gotta go take my ibuprofen; I slept on my back funny.
ThisIsYourLifeNow
What nah, I just sold my Iphone 3g yesterday?! I only had it for a year.
GravyEducation
cloverleafbane
No that was only 5 years ago. 1993 was 10 years ago.
jekath
You would think so but my kid is from 2004 and she's more than 10.
gHoStBuStEr3456
I was born in 2005, I GOT ONE MONTH
GravyEducation
Well I mean you got a couple months to your birthday, not to the year, which I'm assuming you're January. Congrats on the alcohol and possibly weed. Sooooon
gHoStBuStEr3456
I was born dec 17th soooo?
yamamasyamaha
That would make you 20? Where is the drinking age 20
onecowboytoo
Lots of places other than the US. Probably all of Europe is lower than that.
InoffensivePablum
If you are American you have to be 21 to purchase alcohol. If you were born December 17th, 2005, you will be of age in December 17th, 2026.
gHoStBuStEr3456
I’m American now, but I have a dual citizenship in Germany
nation543
fuck... only five years for my older son.... god damn.
Cincinasty
Haha. My oldest is a college graduate. But also shut up.
dffksh
Shit. Youngest daughter (2001) has been able to buy hard liquor for 4 years already...
Cincinasty
You shut up too
nation543
lmfao omfg. jfc we're old :(
Rips4w
My oldest was born in 2000. I am always well reminded of my descent into dusthood..
bloobiebloob
"dusthood" may I use that?
Rips4w
It's all yours.
bloobiebloob
Спасибо
SuperSaiyanYamcha
My oldest was born ‘03. I am going to be a grandfather in February.
I can’t be a grandfather! That’s for old people!!
Rips4w
He made me a Grandpa at 40. As much as it stung, getting the chance to hopefully watch my granddaughter grow into adulthood is something I look forward to.
SuperSaiyanYamcha
Just had my 42nd birthday. 🤯
amoeba15
I’m 40 now and my only is about to turn 20. But also a socially inept virgin who keeps asking outfit guys so I don’t think she’s giving me grandkids. Ever.
amoeba15
*asking out gay guys goddamn autocorrect
maliciousGman
I try to cut people some slack when they mispronounce something because it means they learned it from reading. That, and because I've been on both sides of that situation.
Silversalvation
Melee... melee ... phucking melee. Melee and queue. Those words don't sound the way they are spelled!
forsteri80
My now wife told me while we were dating that she really liked "gah-notch-ee". I questioned her and she said she was recommended them by a server in London who pronounced them that way. After a bit more questioning I asked "... You mean gnocchi???""
echonite
I have a friend, smart dude, does programming, and he pronounced Java like jay-vuh cus he never heard anyone actually say it.
GoodEarthBetweenMyToes
Same here. But I also pronounce it 'rogway' on purpose.
Ac1dBurn72
Ethereal. Cache. Carafe. Epitome.
All words I have confidently butchered in front of people for the first time.
Some ribbing is required though. So I won't knock the comedian. But yes. Learning words from books can be tough.
pixelsnader
Cachet*
AlexSomething
The one that got me recently is the verb "to sew". Honest to god thought it would be pronounced the logical way, like "sue". Nopedidoo. It's pronounced like "sow".
rouzuki
I'll never forget the time my Japanese class mate pronounced Lake Tahoe as "Lake Tah-hoe-ey" for the same reason. Totally legit reason but everyone in the room giggled madly for a moment.
AboutasSnappyasaZipper
For me, I said “mute” when I meant “moot” (moo-t) until I was corrected. And I appreciated that.
thejon
"It's like a cow's opinion. It's moo."
BallsToYouMyGoodSir
i thought it was pronouced in-kest for the longest time, my cousin corrected me tho
Rips4w
https://media0.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1cTE3YjBnbDJmZnZvZmF0OG1yanVhNWUwOGVxaDh4NGVsdjM2bXNvNSZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/577HYoLf5Vu0w/200w.webp
BallsToYouMyGoodSir
its not a joke, just a fact.
ObiWanKenobitch
Epitome and segue. Still pronounce them wrong in my head when I read them lol. Can’t break the habit.
thepunchline710
I pronounce stuff wrong just to annoy the shit of out my friends. It's "gil" (as in fish) for the money in final fantasy games. I always say "I need more Jill to buy (item)." Or calling potions "pot-shun".
NotQuiteWittyEnoughForImgur
LOL, I pronounced it Jill just to annoy my friends as well.
SocoFox
A glass of bubbly sham-pag-knee.
TheLastBootyBender
Epitome
Paerg
I still remember how I misspronounced "genre" in class.
NotQuiteWittyEnoughForImgur
When I was about 8ish, I walked down to KFC and ordered myself colonel strips but pronounced it coh-loh-nel strips. Joined the Army at 17 but knew the correct pronunciation by then, lol.
Rips4w
I thought "maniacal" was pronounced "may-nee-ackle" for a very long time. I was so sure it was pronounced that way that the first time I heard it pronounced properly, I was sure it was a different word and spelled the proper way as "meniachal". Not sure wtf was wrong with my brain.
KalliJ
Same here. I learned how to pronounce it from Judge Doom when he calls Herbie “a maniacal Toon vehicle.”
chemdiva
My word was awry. I thought it was awe-ree until probably mid-college.
ItHappenedInThe20thCentury
As a non-native speaker, I thought that until I heard it spoken in School of Rock, of all places. Took me a while to realize what I was hearing.
WoeToHice
I'll never forget the moment I learned that "dandelion" does not rhyme with "rebellion".
SocoFox
Yeah but now that's the new way we all should pronounce it.
beachbum273
goddammit in my head it does now
which is perfect because dandelions are some of the most rebellious plants I can think of, they laugh at weed killer, drought, and so forth, and then loose their seeds on the wind blown by young carefree children.
MBTerrorKitten
Sure but... I did have to inform my late 20s coworker that it is not the green lantern corpse and also that i would tease him lightly about it in the future.
Neurisko
It's kind of funny but yeah you can't give people shit for it, it's cruel. it's funny when the contestants on Jeopardy do it and Ken is like, "Yeah, , that's right" without laughing. It's good that people are still reading and learning new words, the average American's education level is a bit concerning.
DangerBaer
"a bit"
bloobiebloob
always teach with kindness and empathy.
tentacularfleshscape
For sure! Jeff does a lot of crowd work that involves good natured ribbing
maliciousGman
Oh yeah, I've seen him on Game Changer. I just meant in general, non-comedic settings
lordnequam
That is the epi-tome of polite behavior.
LankyBootyGriswald
Hyperbole is not pronounced "Hyper-bowl".
thejon
reddit.com/r/Superbowl
I promise this is relevant!
iRegretThisUsernameAlready
Those inconsistencies like hypothesis not sounding like hypo+thesis and a lot of Greek names like Persephone (per-sef-phone) or Hercules (her-cue-lz) really trip me up as a non-native speaker. Seems odd to put emphasis on an E at or near the end of a word.
Rips4w
It is if you're fuckin badass.
KiddR78
I mispronounced the word cacophony at a meet the BF’s parents dinner.
ItHappenedInThe20thCentury
ok, now you HAVE to tell us how on Earth the conversation at a meet the BF's parents dinner got to cacophony
Jelhammer
... Cah co phone ee?
yqpqfrdp625772
ka KAW fone ee
I still read it in my head as cack oh fone ee.
MissChickle
I just remember the noise a crow makes and it helps.
InoffensivePablum
Protip: if you’ve never heard a fancy person say a $10 word, keep it in your back pocket until you’ve done a little more research.
Zalm
ok, wtf is a "$10 word"
InoffensivePablum
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ten-dollar_word
You could say “noisy” or “a racket” or even “din” which has the air of Oxbridge about it but is easy to say. But throw out “cacophony” and you are a man of culture! Until everyone realizes you’ve never heard it spoken out loud.
AlexSomething
Or check most online dictionary, they have the pronunciation of most words, and usually both in British English and North-American English. That's neat.
Homophone
Yaa... macabre. I still say Mack a brie in my head.
shinoharaliz
Mah-CAB-er, like taxi cab
berserkerteacup
For me it was mack-uh-bray. The French and their silly words.
Pacaruru
The epi-tome of common pronunciation mistakes
Notanavailablename
Mi-caber for me.
AntaNce
I have 'mah CAH ber' somehow, like in sabre. Then again, hombre & ombre are confusing. Knew a guy who said 'deetreeus' for detritus though.
RevengeIsIceCream
... is it not?
amoeba15
Duh try tuss
RevengeIsIceCream
... I think I prefer being wrong. That sounds horrible to me ;)