# What's the deal with "tinyurl"?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-tinyurl/239581>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 12, 2004, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-tinyurl/239581 "2004-04-12T11:06:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![istara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@istara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/istara)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2004, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-tinyurl/239581/21 "2004-04-13T15:24:48Z")

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> [@jovan](#):
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> Japanese furniture?  
> PS2 game?
> 
> …
> 
> OMG!  
> :eek:

Try a very rude word for a lady’s parts for starters. (Clue: it begins with “c”).

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**Author:** ![jovan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/0ea827/32.png) [@jovan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jovan)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2004, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-tinyurl/239581/22 "2004-04-14T04:18:44Z")

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Oh, I figured that out… hence the: :eek:

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**Author:** ![aktep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@aktep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aktep)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2004, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-tinyurl/239581/23 "2004-04-14T05:22:20Z")

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> [@istara](#):
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> Try a very rude word for a lady’s parts for starters. (Clue: it begins with “c”).

also, try a mildly rude part for men’s parts (Clue: also his first name)

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**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2004, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-tinyurl/239581/24 "2004-04-14T05:38:07Z")

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www.EvenIfYouDon’tUseTheURLTagTheSDMBWillUsuallyShortenItForYouWhichIsVeryConvenientInMyOpinion.com

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**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2004, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-tinyurl/239581/25 "2004-04-14T11:14:32Z")

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> [@Libertarian](#):
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> The cutoff URLs in e-mails and such can be handled [other ways](http://www.straightdope.com/incredibly/long/url/that/uses/so/many/characters/that/they/would/never/fit/in/an/80/column/format/and/might/therefore/push/the/page/far/beyond/the/right/edge/of/the/screen/?data=12345678901234567890123456789).

It’s invaluable for Usenet where you can’t use tags. Or any HTML for that matter: plain text only.

Fenris

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