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''"No way, no way."'' | |||
[[ | Occasionally, instead of referring to bathrooms by the proper name, the [[Characters|characters]] will call it a "'''bafroom'''". This practice of replacing [[Voiceless dental fricative|"th"]] with [[Voiceless labiodental fricative|"f"]] is known as [[th-fronting]]. This usually takes place in [[School|preschools]], such as [[L.U.R.N.]], to make the characters seem more juvenile. | ||
== Appearances == | |||
* [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 7]] — Toddler [[Cheerleader]] says that her house has a hundred bafrooms. Toddler [[The Ugly One]] then asks her whether she means two bafrooms. | * [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 7]] — Toddler [[Cheerleader]] says that her house has a hundred bafrooms. Toddler [[The Ugly One]] then asks her whether she means two bafrooms. | ||
* Email [[coloring]] — [[Homestar]], in a segment where he makes [[Deliberately Poor English|a series of juvenile mistakes]], says | * Email [[coloring]] — [[Homestar]], in a segment where he makes [[Deliberately Poor English|a series of juvenile mistakes]], says "Teach-orr! I have go bafroom!" | ||
* Email [[mini-golf]] (Easter egg) — The scorecard for That Paintball Place Down the Street has a row measuring | * Email [[mini-golf]] (Easter egg) — The scorecard for That Paintball Place Down the Street has a row measuring "bafroom breaks". | ||
* [[Career Day]] — Homestar asks whether [[Space Captainface|spaceman]] will go boom if he makes bafroom in his pants. | * [[Career Day]] — Homestar asks whether [[Space Captainface|spaceman]] will go boom if he makes bafroom in his pants. | ||
* [[On Break]] — Homestar, while orienting freshmen at [[Crazy Go Nuts University]] and dressed as [[The Jolly Dumple]], sings about having to share a bafroom with a kid from Alabama that kinda sucks. | * [[On Break]] — Homestar, while orienting freshmen at [[Crazy Go Nuts University]] and dressed as [[The Jolly Dumple]], sings about having to share a bafroom with a kid from Alabama that kinda sucks. | ||
* [[Strong Sad's Severed Soolnds]] — In order to disguise a drawing of [[Strong Sad]]'s [[Severed Body Parts|severed]] [[Soolnds|Soolnd]], Strong Bad adds details to make it a picture of a | * [[Strong Sad's Severed Soolnds]] — In order to disguise a drawing of [[Strong Sad]]'s [[Severed Body Parts|severed]] [[Soolnds|Soolnd]], Strong Bad adds details to make it a picture of a "chef's bafroom". | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:24, 14 July 2026
"No way, no way."
Occasionally, instead of referring to bathrooms by the proper name, the characters will call it a "bafroom". This practice of replacing "th" with "f" is known as th-fronting. This usually takes place in preschools, such as L.U.R.N., to make the characters seem more juvenile.
Appearances
- Teen Girl Squad Issue 7 — Toddler Cheerleader says that her house has a hundred bafrooms. Toddler The Ugly One then asks her whether she means two bafrooms.
- Email coloring — Homestar, in a segment where he makes a series of juvenile mistakes, says "Teach-orr! I have go bafroom!"
- Email mini-golf (Easter egg) — The scorecard for That Paintball Place Down the Street has a row measuring "bafroom breaks".
- Career Day — Homestar asks whether spaceman will go boom if he makes bafroom in his pants.
- On Break — Homestar, while orienting freshmen at Crazy Go Nuts University and dressed as The Jolly Dumple, sings about having to share a bafroom with a kid from Alabama that kinda sucks.
- Strong Sad's Severed Soolnds — In order to disguise a drawing of Strong Sad's severed Soolnd, Strong Bad adds details to make it a picture of a "chef's bafroom".