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Re:UCSF Endocrinologist debunks "Calories In / Calories Out"... by gruseom on Saturday January 09, 2010 @02:30PM (#1041847)
The research in support of that suggestion is execrable (pun intended).

It's not really a pun. "Execrate" and "excrete" aren't related. (Sorry for the distraction; I find these things interesting.)

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Re:UCSF Endocrinologist debunks "Calories In / Calories Out"... by _pius on Saturday January 09, 2010 @05:01PM (#1042048)
It is a homophonic pun.

The associated Wikipedia article is pretty fascinating: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pun

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Re:UCSF Endocrinologist debunks "Calories In / Calories Out"... by gruseom on Saturday January 09, 2010 @09:18PM (#1042479)
Execrate and excrete are not homophones. But yes, that is a good Wikipedia article.
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