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JHB

(37,160 posts) Sat Jan 15, 2022, 02:20 AM Jan 2022

I'm just going to suggest: Oath Breakers [View all]

There's a lot of nicknames for that group which riff on the similarity between "Oath" and "Oaf", but I'd like to promote using a phrase that says exactly what they are (and which highlights how their reality is the precise opposite of what they claim to be):

Oath Breakers.

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I'm just going to suggest: Oath Breakers [View all] JHB Jan 2022 OP

Works for me. I was thinking along the line of Oatmeal Sackers. TreasonousBastard Jan 2022 #1

Oatmeal snackers? elias7 Jan 2022 #6

Let this be henceforth written Hugh_Lebowski Jan 2022 #2

I like this nickname ItsjustMe Jan 2022 #3

drumph keeper's ! monkeyman1 Jan 2022 #4

I like it. "Oath" my ass. calimary Jan 2022 #5

Sounds good. I've been saying Oaths Foresworn and the like, but yours rhymes. nt Hekate Jan 2022 #7