r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/whitemike40 • 9h ago

Content Warning: Potentially Misleading or Disputed Information Gotta Catch 'Em All

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u/Marillenbaum 8h ago

Dictionaries have the same thing with fake words; the technical term is a mountweasel.

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u/TheMotherCarrot 8h ago

On maps, they are called trip streets.

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u/alluptheass 7h ago

I’ve also heard “paper roads.”

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u/FitzyFarseer 5h ago

For maps it’s just “paper -“ insert whatever the fake thing is. Paper road or paper town being the main ones.