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The Reynolds Pamphlet

The pamphlet Alexander Hamilton wrote to defend himself at the beginning of a sex scandal. When Alexander Hamilton cheated on his wife, Eliza Schuyler, with Maria Reynolds. James, Maria's wife, blackmailed Alex, Alex paid Reynolds in checks, which James Munroe, Frederick Muhlenberg, and Abraham Venable found, in the musical, the letters were found by Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and his murderer, Arron Burr.
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Alexander was confronted by his two enemies and his frenemy about these checks, he was accused of stealing money from the government. He disproved this "theory" with a letter and the power of words, they took an oath to never speak of it. In history, Munroe broke the oath by telling his best friend, Thomas Jefferson. It went into a small rumor, everyone started to hate Alex. To defend himself, he wrote the Reynolds Pamphlet, and the rumor turned into a sex scandal.

by Whythisword January 23, 2019

Sexual harassment

A type of harassment involving sexual overtones

- unwanted sexual grabbing or touching

- unwanted sexual comments
- repeating sexual actions despite “no” and “stop” being said multiple times
- exposing genitals without consent
- looking at genitals without consent

“This guy grabbed my tit at work and he didn’t even ask if he could touch me”
“You should report them for sexual harassment”

by Whythisword June 26, 2021

It was mutual

The phrase you hear from someone who was heartbroken and is in denial, if you ever hear this phrase from someone, hug them, they need it

“I wasn’t dumped, it was mutual”
“Oh my god, I’m so sorry”

by Whythisword July 3, 2022

Green Day

A punk rock band from California formed by a bunch of kids high on weed. Considered one of the trailblazers for 90’s pop punk, they were heavily inspired by The Ramones. They’ve also experimented, going into more folk, rockabilly, dance, and operatic territory.

My top 5 punk bands are
Blink-182
Minor Threat
Green Day
Ramones
Dead Kennedys

by Whythisword June 8, 2022

Storm

What everyone wants to do to Area 51

"We're gonna storm Area 51, wanna join?"

by Whythisword July 19, 2019

Emo

A subgenre of punk music that takes influence from hardcore punk, indie rock, and pop-punk. Emo is known for it’s more melancholy sound and sincere lyrics. The name originates from a portmanteau of emotional and hardcore (emocore) which eventually was shortened to emo. A famous subgenre of emo is screamo, which is more abrasive and has screamed vocals, the term is often misused to refer to bands that use screamed vocals
Emo is also a subculture characterized by black clothing, long dyed hair, and black makeup

John’s favorite type of punk is emo

James’ haircut makes him look emo

by Whythisword August 2, 2022

Broomrape

A parasitic plant that feeds off other plants to produce flowers

"This next one is called Broomrape"
"I'm serious"
"Broomrape, broomrape, Wikipedia? Broomrape"
"Naked broomrape"

by Whythisword February 14, 2021