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'Weird Al' Yankovic Reveals a Sequel to His Biopic ‘WEIRD’ is Written but is Struggling to Find a Studio; Daniel Radcliffe is Onboard to Return SPOILERS News/Updates (www.yahoo.com)
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Spoilers:

::: spoiler Weird Al Yankovic has written a sequel to his biopic 'WEIRD' but is struggling to find a studio. Daniel Radcliffe is onboard to return. :::

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[–] 8 points 1 month ago (11 children)

Do people actually pronounce it "BIO-pic" btw? I always say "bi-OP-ic".

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  • [–] 10 points 1 month ago* (8 children)

    It's a contraction of Biography Picture.
    Biography is often shortened to Bio. As in "fill in the Bio on your account profile."
    Picture is often shortened to Pic. As in "I'll send you a Pic, it's easer than explaining."
    So yah. It's Bio-Pic. Always has ben

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (6 children)

    yeah like bio-graffy and bio-loogy

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

    Those are suffixes, not compound words. Entirely different.
    Ography and Ology aren't words themselves, only modifiers.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (4 children)

    no but graphy and logy are

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

    I really don't think so.

    -graphy
    -logy

    Use them in a sentence.
    Logy can be a word, shortening lethargic. But it's spelling is only coincidence, as the meaning is unrelated to "the study of".

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