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ZDL ,
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Imma need “xkcd explained” for this one!

Deebster OP ,
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These are all short words full of the most common letters, so will make designing crosswords easier because they’ll be useful “crossers”.

ZDL ,
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Oh, I see! Thanks!

stoly ,

But why references to musicians?

Deebster OP ,
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I assume it’s just an example of how to create new topical words since it’s a lot easier to name an album than to get a word well-known enough to be eligible for the dictionary.

The artists all seem to be big names so I assume it’s their popularity rather than any history of quirky album names that’s decided the list.

Soup ,

These specific musicians are referenced a lot by crosswords. NYT loves them, at least. Very “hip and with it”.

It’s kinda an inside joke, but that’s XKCD for ya.

stoly ,

Thanks, that’s what I needed

shneancy ,

I assumed it was because those musicians are popular enough that even if they released songs/albums with the title scheme akin to svnahshfhfbduj people would still buy them and know about them.

moistclump ,

Are we called crossers?

moistclump ,

Oh the crossword cross-er. Thought it was a cool new “puzzle head” term I hadn’t heard. Misread. I’m dumb at crosswords too.

randomaccount43543 ,

explainxkcd.com/2896

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