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Took me a minute to get this (midwest.social)
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[–] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 10 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

… I took a few minutes and still don't get it. In my defense I'm stupid and on top of that my native language isn't English, and puns often just don't click for me

[–] eatthecake@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

I am a native English speaker and I don't get it either. I googled 'what are teeth and nails made of' to try and give myself a clue and got this delightful generative bullshit response:

[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

"Fighting tooth and nail" is a phrase meaning you're in a desperate struggle, using everything available to you. By capitalizing it, it also turns tooth and nail into people with non-gendered names. That's all there is to it, it's just a pun.