# Misinterpreted thread titles

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**Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/325 "2025-12-17T18:56:49Z")

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[Service men with “estimates”. This is super shady right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/service-men-with-estimates-this-is-super-shady-right/1025792)

I read “service” as a command to service men, with “service” meaning the livestock sense. Which would make sense if it were a service owner telling his new employee what to do to their customers with non-free estimates.

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