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Yup, one at the start, one after "can," and one at the beginning of "cer." It's that "cc" in the middle that really gives "canccer" its bounce.

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Obviously.

The third C is for 'crab'

The fourth C is silent, but still there!

Carcinization comes for us all.

eventually

So does “caca” and its 3 Cs

as in crap?

No, as in Cancer the Crab, the zodiac sign. The Ancient Greek word 'karkínos' means both 'cancer' and 'crab'. The disease was apparently named after the animal, though no one knows why; and the mythological creature that is the origin of the constellation was apparently a big crab named 'Crab.'

argh, non native speaker but i actually know both words 😂

Oh, I knew that crabs were associated with cancer, and that the name of the zodiac sign was not a coincidence, but I didn't know until looking it up just now to confirm I was saying the right thing that they were literally the same word and not just a homophone or mythological connection.

haha ok minuspoints for only checking if you told me the right thing after telling me 😂🙌👍

Oh, no, the initial joke was just that an LLM would associate 'cancer' with 'crab' because of the zodiac sign and therefore say that 'cancer' had 3 'c's. But I remembered hearing there was a deeper association, so I looked it up before explaining the joke to you, and that's when I got the rest.

Sorry, should've said "looking it up just then" instead of "looking it up just now".

well actually a plus given you‘d have informed me if the factcheck was negative ;) and i learned something!

Ok, you win the internet today.

Oh no, now we have a double-c moment.

Three “big Cs”

That little cc moment is satisfying, though

It makes the word feel extra crunchy

The first c is for cure