#2602: Linguistics Degree
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[Megan, who is wearing a graduation cap, receives a degree which is handed to her by Hairbun. They are standing on a podium with Ponytail and Cueball standing below as onlookers.]
Hairbun: Congratulations on the degree! Your word is "Bassoon."
Ponytail: Oh nice! Not as cool as my "Jackalope," but still not bad.
Cueball: You all are lucky. I'm stuck with "Slurp."
[Caption below panel:]
Every linguistics degree comes with one word that you're put in charge of.
(Sourced from explainxkcd.com)
Title text:You'd think 'linguistics' would go to someone important in the field, but it's actually assigned to a random student in Ohio who barely graduated and then went into automotive marketing.