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115 = Jolly Good Euphemising and Hollywood Sign Sizing

115 = Jolly Good Euphemising and Hollywood Sign Sizing

Update: 2025-08-041
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🍆 What’s the “female equivalent” of phallic?

What’s the font size of the Hollywood sign?

🦈 And we’re always open for AOBusiness


Thanks to our excellent experts appearing in voicenote form - Dr Ben Whittle, Chella Quint OBE, and Linus Boman.


Daan’s paper in the American Journal of Archaeology which cites this very podcast: doi.org/10.1086/735650 


The world’s largest enlarged letter: https://www.pleasedonotbend.co.uk/categories/world-record


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Michael Warman

My immediate thought for anti phallic was gynaecological, and I'm quite surprised that didn't come up. That's how I've occasionally described things.

Aug 18th
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115 = Jolly Good Euphemising and Hollywood Sign Sizing

115 = Jolly Good Euphemising and Hollywood Sign Sizing

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