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A new term for me today, “slurls” — slurred URLs. The sometimes unfortunate results of putting company names into URLs without spaces. Read the following URLs. I mean read them.

• www.whorepresents.com – Who Represents, celebrity agent database
• www.lesbocages.com – Les Bocages, tree nursery
• www.expertsexchange.com -  Experts Exchange, where programmers can trade advice
• www.ladrape.co.uk – La Drape sells high-end quilted bedspreads
• www.angelfire.com/alt/americanscrapmetal – American Scrap Metal, recycling
• www.speedofart.com – Speed of Art, art designers collective
• www.therapistfinder.com – Therapist Finder directory

Andy Geldman, author, has compiled 150 pages of slurls in his book Slurls: They Called Their Website What? Gelman said, “In a world without spaces we mentally insert out own. And you might not stick yours where I stick mine.” 

Check out the hilarious slurls quiz on Facebook.

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