Steampunk Stripping for Nerds

what's that thing that's like stripping but for nerds it's like feminist stripping like steampunk stripping...i'm blanking on the word they wear corsets and tophats and shit Burlesque

A humorous text-message exchange where someone struggles to remember the word “burlesque,” describing it as stripping for nerds, feminist stripping, or steampunk stripping. The joke is the increasingly absurd and inaccurate explanations before the simple word appears as the punchline. It is used as a reaction to forgetting an obvious term or giving overly complicated explanations. EN: A humorous text-message exchange where someone struggles to remember the word “burlesque,” describing it as stripping for nerds, feminist stripping, or steampunk stripping. The joke is the increasingly absurd and inaccurate explanations before the simple word appears as the punchline. It is used as a reaction to forgetting an obvious term or giving overly complicated explanations.

• @rzeczyzabawne / 8833 2023-05-07