legitimate dolphin

for evolutionary taxonomy: Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species

this one is by no means an original since i got it from Community. However, since it's gotten me points in trivia on multiple occasions and did actually help on a couple tests in college (i always forget about either order or family) i have to acknowledge how useful and funny it is and i'll never forget it!

1. how to pronounce "apropos"

first, imagine a new yorker with a strong accent saying "opera". then imagine po from teletubbies saying "po."

2. how to tell a raven from a crow

if you see a big black bird and think "hmm that bird's pretty big it might be a raven!": it's a crow. if you see a big black bird and think "Holy Shit Big Boy": it's a raven.

apologies to my brother for stealing his posts but i think about these all the time and for both it's because they're so bizarrely funny that they got stuck in my head

The order of sharps in music theory (FCGDAEB):

Fishes Can Give Daddy An Ear Baby

Easter Bunnies Get Drunk At Easter

I made up my own guitar string one as a kid and still think of it occasionally haha

EveryBody Goes Down An Elevator

If you forget what cops are, you can remember using this handy mnemonic:

All Cops Are Bastards

is what I made up to remember standard tuning (EADGBe) when I was teaching myself guitar. I told my best friend I had come up with one, and as soon as he saw what the acronym had to be, without hesitation he says “Well it definitely starts with Eat A Dick” so I think my friends have me preeeeetty figured out.

The spaces on the bass clef, ascending: ACEG

where we use the word "cops" to just mean anything negative

"Ugh, are these beets spoiled? They taste like cops."
"I had a lot of hope with Episode 7, but it 8 and 9 turned out to be cops."
"You got laid off? That's so cops man, I'm sorry."

english is an evolving language, all it takes is consistency and we can do this